Carrier profile · USDOT 1453294 · MC-549161 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

New Image Transport Inc

DBA PANTHER

19 power unitsavg 2.7 yrMulti-region · 10 statesMEDLEY, FL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-549161 ACTIVE
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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 0.0%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 — 11 vehicle and 36 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 23.3 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 4

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 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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.

  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance38 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance18 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.26 ELD — required data elementsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

57ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
5False logs
16Drove over hours

28 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251011
20231011
20221011
20214014
20202002
20192012
20183003
20162022
20152012
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 12, 2026NJ01Yes
Feb 3, 2025CT01Yes
Jun 29, 2023CT01Yes
Aug 26, 2022NY03Yes
Dec 7, 2021SC00Yes
Dec 2, 2021VA01Yes
Aug 10, 2021NJ00Yes
Jun 1, 2021NJ00Yes
Jun 18, 2020CT00Yes
Feb 20, 2020FL00Yes
Jun 18, 2019MD00Yes
Feb 11, 2019NJ01Yes
Nov 14, 2018FL00Yes
Sep 3, 2018NJ00Yes
Apr 10, 2018NJ00Yes
Sep 7, 2016VA01Yes
Jan 17, 2016FL01Yes
Oct 28, 2015NY01Yes
May 20, 2015VA00Yes
Sep 4, 2014NJ01Yes