Carrier profile · USDOT 2784850 · MC-928897 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

HONEST TRANSPORTATION INC

9 power unitsavg 8.2 yrLocal · 2 statesIRVINE, CA69/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-928897 INACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

9Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

12Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.2Avg age (yr)

2002–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(408) 474-0812 Email dispatchdispatch@honesttransportation.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Established 11 yearsNo active operating authority

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No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average12.5% vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 1

Established 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

9 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.2 yr

Model years 2002–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

16 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

37.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 35.4 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 16
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Inactive
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 6 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Scottsdale’15–’17

State Nationalspecialty’18–’19

Houston Specialty’19–’21

Hyundai Marine’24–’25

2015201820212024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2025

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2025 → Oct 2025	$750K	1
HYUNDAI MARINE & FIRE INS CO LTD (US BRANCH)	Aug 2024 → Aug 2025	$750K	2
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2019 → Apr 2021	$750K	2
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Aug 2018 → Aug 2019	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2017 → Aug 2017	$750K	2
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2015 → Aug 2017	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 9
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 12

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.2 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

68.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

IRVINE, CA

2102 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE SUITE 130

Top corridor

CA 15 · AZ 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 5 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2866221 USDOT 4130523 USDOT 661173 USDOT 4061385 USDOT 3658319Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (15 trucks · 24 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 53467 USDOT 3876111 USDOT 4413314 USDOT 80806 USDOT 3716911 USDOT 4061385 USDOT 29323 USDOT 2866221

Shares a company officer with other carriers

kevin acosta — 2 carriers: USDOT 3746212

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2102 BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE SUITE 130, IRVINE, CA, 92612
Mailing address: 5419 HOLLYWOOD BLVD C507, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90027
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (408) 474-0812
Email: dispatch@honesttransportation.com
Web domain: honesttransportation.com

Registration

Officers: Kevin Acosta · Stefani Acosta
USDOT / docket: 2784850 · MC-928897
First registered: Jul 24, 2015
Last MCS-150: Dec 16, 2025 · 150,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

150,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for HONEST TRANSPORTATION INC.

HONEST TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2784850) has a Vektor safety score of 69/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 16, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 16, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 11, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 16, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 16, 2026.

The carrier received 16 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 12 vehicle-level and 16 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 16, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 16, 2026.

It reports 9 power units and 11 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 16, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 16, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is HONEST TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

HONEST TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 2784850, and its motor carrier number is MC-928897.

Is HONEST TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 16, 2026, HONEST TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is HONEST TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

HONEST TRANSPORTATION INC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 16 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 69/100 (tier: review).