Carrier profile · USDOT 1030397 · MC-432629 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

M & C Enterprise Inc

DBA CHARIOTS FOR HIRE

1 power unitavg 9.7 yrRegional · 5 statesSTERLING, VA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-432629 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 2.8%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 — 217 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 8.9 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

219 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 68

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈110.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
221
Annualized
≈111 / yr
Coverage
≈110.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
3%
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.

  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 353 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 5 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252002
20221001
20191001
20174004
20161001
20154013
20132002
20122021
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 19, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 10, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 4, 2026VA00Yes
Aug 16, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 6, 2025MD00Yes
Nov 18, 2022VA00Yes
Dec 10, 2019MD00Yes
Sep 23, 2017VA00Yes
Sep 5, 2017VA00Yes
Feb 25, 2017VA00Yes
Jan 18, 2017VA00Yes
Apr 17, 2016VA00Yes
Aug 28, 2015VA00Yes
Jul 31, 2015DC01No
Jan 22, 2015VA00Yes
Jan 8, 2015VA00Yes
Oct 22, 2013VA00Yes
Apr 29, 2013VA00Yes
Dec 15, 2012VA01Yes
Oct 20, 2012DC02No
Apr 25, 2011MD00Yes