Carrier profile · USDOT 2172748 · MC-754652 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Reliable Carrier LLC

11 power unitsavg 18.1 yrMulti-region · 10 statesATLANTA, GA74/100
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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 41.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 27.9 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 6

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
≈3.5 / 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
11
Inspections · 24 mo
77
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈3.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
59%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
94%
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 Maintenance38 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 11 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20212002
20201011
20192022
20183013
20171011
20161011
20153003
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 11, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 30, 2021AL00Yes
Jan 26, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 10, 2020TX01Yes
Oct 10, 2019TX01Yes
Oct 8, 2019TX03Yes
Jul 13, 2018LA02Yes
Feb 20, 2018SC00Yes
Jan 23, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 26, 2017NC01Yes
Jul 17, 2016LA01Yes
Dec 23, 2015LA00Yes
Dec 23, 2015LA00Yes
May 21, 2015AL00Yes
Feb 18, 2013ND00Yes