Carrier profile · USDOT 1196761 · MC-621070 · Updated Jul 1, 2026

Larry Ross Garage Inc

DBA ROSS TOWING

16 power unitsavg 7.5 yrLocal · 2 statesSOUTHFIELD, MI80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-621070 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 50.0%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 — 8 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 45.5 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 Apr '25 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 16-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
95%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20245005
20211001
20202002
20191011
20161001
20152022
20121001
20081001
20042002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 14, 2026MI01Yes
Jan 25, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 2, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 29, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 29, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 2, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 19, 2024MI00Yes
May 23, 2021MI00Yes
Sep 28, 2020MI00Yes
May 20, 2020NY00Yes
Jan 22, 2019MI01Yes
Aug 9, 2016MI00Yes
Dec 6, 2015MI01Yes
May 31, 2015MI01Yes
Oct 22, 2012MI00Yes
May 27, 2008MI00Yes
Dec 6, 2004MI00Yes
Jan 15, 2004MI00Yes