Carrier profile · USDOT 12809 · MC-148055 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

L & B Cartage Inc

31 power unitsavg 9.9 yrRegional · 3 statesBRIDGEPORT, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-148055 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkslb-omni.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 54.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 9.8 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 31-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
15%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.88 Television receiversVehicle 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 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 50 total · 1 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242002
20221011
20202002
20192002
20181011
20171001
20162002
20151001
20144014
20134114
20121011
20074024
20064014
20055005
20044004
20034004
20012011
20002020
19983031
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 17, 2024MI00Yes
Feb 9, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 12, 2022MI01Yes
Jul 29, 2020MI00Yes
Jan 31, 2020MI00Yes
Aug 12, 2019MI00Yes
Jan 14, 2019MI00Yes
Feb 9, 2018MI01Yes
Oct 8, 2017IL00Yes
Sep 11, 2016MI00Yes
Jan 12, 2016MI00Yes
Feb 25, 2015MI00Yes
Sep 29, 2014OH00Yes
Jul 24, 2014MI00Yes
Apr 1, 2014MI01Yes
Jan 16, 2014MI00Yes
Apr 11, 2013OH00Yes
Mar 26, 2013NY00Yes
Jan 31, 2013MI09Yes
Jan 9, 2013MI10Yes
Aug 8, 2012MI02Yes
Aug 7, 2007MI03Yes
Mar 14, 2007MI00Yes
Jan 16, 2007MI00Yes