Rhett Butler Trucking Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 15
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 12
- Annualized
- ≈6 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Feb 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 82 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2001 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 29, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2020 | NV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2018 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2015 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2013 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2009 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 16, 2005 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2005 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2004 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2003 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2003 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2003 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2003 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2003 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2003 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2003 | AL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2002 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2002 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2002 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2002 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2002 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2002 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |