Carrier profile · USDOT 94574 · MC-126881 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Richard B Rudy Inc

47 power unitsavg 8.1 yrMulti-region · 8 statesFREDERICK, MD88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-126881 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrbrudy.comFMCSA SAFER

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 6.7%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 — 15 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 11.3 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 4

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 47-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
13 / yr
Coverage
0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
27%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 104 total · 5 in 24 mo

104
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
43
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253013
20243013
20231011
20225014
20212002
20193113
20181011
20176146
20166036
20156006
20131001
20122002
20117037
20103023
20094024
20082012
20071101
20052012
20042021
20034023
20021001
20013013
20003123
19998028
19986036
19973032
19965115
19952022
19944023
19931011
19921000
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 17, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 13, 2026NJ00Yes
Apr 24, 2025NJ00Yes
Apr 7, 2025VA01Yes
Feb 28, 2025PA00Yes
May 31, 2024PA01Yes
May 22, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 18, 2024PA00Yes
Feb 4, 2023PA01Yes
Nov 11, 2022MD00Yes
Oct 17, 2022NJ00Yes
Jul 19, 2022MD00Yes
Jul 11, 2022VA00Yes
Feb 18, 2022CT01No
Sep 21, 2021VA00Yes
Feb 1, 2021MD00Yes
Oct 22, 2019VA00Yes
Oct 21, 2019MD12Yes
Feb 5, 2019MD00Yes
Nov 16, 2018VA01Yes
Nov 5, 2017MD02Yes
Oct 19, 2017NJ01Yes
Aug 26, 2017VA00Yes
Jun 17, 2017VA12Yes
May 3, 2017PA01Yes