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POLMAX LLC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 23.7% (24-mo)93 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.7% (24-mo)185 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%

030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

17.8% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 12.5 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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 106-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 106
Inspections · 24 mo: 185
Annualized: ≈93 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

67%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

93%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

11%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

46%

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 Driving81
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance35 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7

ELD & hours-of-service

79 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 05/20/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues

2No log / no ELD

18False logs

35Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 103 total · 5 in 24 mo

103

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	2	0	0	2
2025	2	0	0	2
2024	5	0	1	5
2023	2	0	1	2
2022	4	0	0	4
2021	2	0	0	2
2020	2	0	0	2
2019	5	0	2	5
2018	5	0	3	5
2017	4	0	0	4
2016	5	1	0	5
2015	7	1	0	7
2014	8	1	3	8
2013	6	0	1	6
2012	10	0	7	8
2011	9	0	5	8
2010	4	0	1	4
2009	4	0	0	4
2008	4	0	0	4
2007	3	0	1	3
2005	3	0	1	3
2004	2	0	0	2
2003	1	0	1	1
2000	3	0	0	3
1999	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
05/15/2026	OH	0	Yes
01/13/2026	GA	0	Yes
12/13/2025	IN	0	Yes
12/02/2025	IL	0	Yes
07/30/2024	PA	0	Yes
05/13/2024	PA	0	Yes
04/11/2024	IL	0	Yes
01/20/2024	IN	0	Yes
01/04/2024	IL	1	Yes
12/07/2023	IL	1	Yes
01/17/2023	VA	0	Yes
12/23/2022	IL	0	Yes
05/17/2022	FL	0	Yes
05/10/2022	TX	0	Yes
01/05/2022	IL	0	Yes
11/16/2021	CT	0	Yes
02/12/2021	IL	0	Yes
11/03/2020	PA	0	Yes
09/30/2020	WA	0	Yes
11/04/2019	OH	2	Yes
06/18/2019	PA	1	Yes
06/01/2019	MO	0	Yes
02/03/2019	NE	0	Yes
01/10/2019	GA	0	Yes
11/13/2018	VA	1	Yes