Carrier profile · USDOT 184411 · MC-152056 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rhett Butler Trucking Inc

15 power unitsavg 4.1 yrRegional · 7 statesANDALUSIA, AL100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152056 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 2

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
0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 15-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
6 / yr
Coverage
0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · per-BASIC

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 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.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 82 total · 0 in 24 mo

82
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231010
20221001
20211001
20201001
20191001
20181001
20151001
20131001
20091010
20052002
20041011
20037127
20028028
200112069
20007027
1999110310
19982002
19979158
19964134
19952002
19946015
19931011
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 30, 2023FL01No
Jun 29, 2022GA00Yes
Jan 27, 2021GA00Yes
Feb 27, 2020NV00Yes
Nov 19, 2019AL00Yes
Jun 18, 2018GA00Yes
Jul 27, 2015LA00Yes
Aug 2, 2013AL00Yes
Sep 28, 2009FL01No
Dec 16, 2005AL00Yes
Aug 17, 2005VA00Yes
Apr 9, 2004AR01Yes
Nov 15, 2003TX00Yes
Oct 17, 2003AL00Yes
Oct 6, 2003TX00Yes
Oct 4, 2003AL00Yes
Jul 2, 2003AL02Yes
Apr 1, 2003AL00Yes
Mar 13, 2003AL11Yes
Dec 15, 2002AL00Yes
Dec 7, 2002AL01Yes
Oct 23, 2002GA00Yes
Aug 26, 2002IN00Yes
Jul 12, 2002TX00Yes
Mar 26, 2002AL00Yes