Carrier profile · USDOT 1397252 · FF-5685 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Pods Enterprises LLC

DBA PODS

1,324 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 46 statesCLEARWATER, FL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEFF-5685 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 9.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 564 vehicle and 821 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · 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 2.0 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

823 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 56

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 1,324-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
1,324
Inspections · 24 mo
856
Annualized
≈428 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving216 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance106 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance41 · 34 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance36 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 24 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance26 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 1,358 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 237 total · 41 in 24 mo

237
Total crashes
41
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
83
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026100310
20252511223
2024151615
2023250623
2022230621
20212621125
2020283726
2019210820
2018220720
2017200819
20169048
2015100410
20121001
20101001
20081011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2026NJ00Yes
Jun 12, 2026WI00Yes
Jun 1, 2026NC00Yes
May 28, 2026FL02Yes
May 5, 2026CA01Yes
Apr 17, 2026FL00Yes
Mar 10, 2026FL00Yes
Feb 2, 2026CT00Yes
Jan 22, 2026GA01Yes
Jan 20, 2026NV00Yes
Nov 20, 2025IL01No
Nov 11, 2025NM00Yes
Nov 11, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 28, 2025CO00Yes
Oct 11, 2025GA01Yes
Sep 23, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 12, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 21, 2025NJ02Yes
Jul 16, 2025TN03Yes
Jul 10, 2025SC01Yes
Jul 2, 2025FL01Yes
Jun 30, 2025CO00Yes
Jun 24, 2025SC00Yes
Jun 20, 2025CA01Yes
May 27, 2025NC00Yes