Carrier profile · USDOT 611357 · MC-221046 · Updated Aug 13, 2026

Reliable Transportation Specialists Inc

95 power unitsavg 12.5 yrMulti-region · 9 statesCHESTERTON, IN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-221046 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 39.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 107 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 3.1 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

103 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 11

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 95-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
107
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving82 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance70 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 25 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 15 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
6False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 96% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 282 total · 11 in 24 mo

282
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
11
Fatal
90
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20257037
20244004
2023100310
20225144
20214014
20209038
20195005
20189019
2017161316
20169029
2015130612
2014110311
2013160316
2012110311
20118037
2010130313
2009120412
2008271926
2007100010
20069238
2005150415
20049139
2003100510
20029038
20017157
20005235
19998246
19985033
19962011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2026MI01Yes
Feb 6, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 19, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 19, 2026IN01Yes
Oct 23, 2025IL01Yes
May 13, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 25, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 15, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 24, 2025MI02Yes
Jan 22, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2025MI04Yes
Aug 7, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 10, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 22, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 9, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 29, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 25, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 10, 2023SC00Yes
Jul 21, 2023IN04Yes
Jun 21, 2023IL00Yes
May 19, 2023SC00Yes
May 10, 2023IL01Yes
May 6, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 2, 2023MI01Yes
Jan 25, 2023GA00Yes