Carrier profile · USDOT 319385 · MC-211234 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

James G Gobert Inc

DBA LAKE CITY TRUCKING

42 power unitsavg 8.5 yrRegional · 6 statesLAKE CHARLES, LA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-211234 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkslakecitytrucking.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 47.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 51 vehicle and 63 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 36.1 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 7

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 42-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
63
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
52%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
90%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 90 total · 4 in 24 mo

90
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
44
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20242002
20232012
20224024
20213023
20207037
20194123
20184014
20172012
20163013
20152011
20144044
20131001
20122012
20114043
20101011
20094024
20085035
20074024
20063022
20053023
20043032
20035014
20022002
20013003
19992022
19982012
19971001
19961011
19951011
19932002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 4, 2026LA00Yes
Nov 3, 2025LA00Yes
Jun 6, 2025LA00Yes
Apr 13, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 24, 2024LA00Yes
Feb 2, 2024LA00Yes
Jun 13, 2023TX03Yes
Mar 27, 2023LA00Yes
Aug 16, 2022LA00Yes
Apr 22, 2022LA01Yes
Apr 21, 2022LA00Yes
Jan 18, 2022LA01Yes
Nov 2, 2021LA02Yes
Jul 26, 2021LA00Yes
Jan 18, 2021LA01Yes
Dec 10, 2020LA02Yes
Dec 2, 2020LA00Yes
Nov 3, 2020LA00Yes
Sep 20, 2020LA01Yes
Aug 20, 2020LA01Yes
Apr 26, 2020LA00Yes
Mar 4, 2020LA00Yes
Jun 14, 2019LA01No
Jun 4, 2019LA11Yes
May 31, 2019TX00Yes