Carrier profile · USDOT 355181 · MC-220178 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

RIGHT WAY AUTO TRANSPORT INC

37 power unitsavg 7.9 yrMulti-region · 14 statesELKTON, MD88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-220178 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

37Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

21Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.9Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(410) 392-7872 Email dispatchbarry@rightwayautotransport.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 37 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1989.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 43 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

37 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.9 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

37 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1989 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

26 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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 — 9 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 22.2 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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.

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 37-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 37
Inspections · 24 mo: 26
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 8 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Empire Fire’94–’98

Empire Fire’99–’09

Arch’20–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2020 → Aug 2025	$1M	5
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Oct 2018 → Oct 2020	$1M	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2016 → Oct 2018	$1M	1
AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	Oct 2015 → Oct 2016	$1M	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2014 → Oct 2014	$1M	5
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Oct 2013 → Oct 2014	$1M	2
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2011 → Oct 2013	$1M	2
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2009 → Oct 2010	$1M	3
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 1999 → Oct 2009	$1M	3
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Sep 1998 → Oct 1999	$1M	2
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 1994 → Oct 1998	$1M	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 37
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 21

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

7.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

ELKTON, MD

1911 E OLD PHILADELPHIA RD

Top corridor

TN ⇄ MD

TN 5 · MD 4 · SC 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3444991

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@rightwayautotransport.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 2925250

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1911 E OLD PHILADELPHIA RD, ELKTON, MD, 21921-6857
Mailing address: P O BOX 248, ELKTON, MD, 21922-0248
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (410) 392-7872
Cell: (443) 907-2467
Fax: (410) 392-8125
Email: barry@rightwayautotransport.com
Web domain: rightwayautotransport.com

Registration

Officers: Ronald B Wright · Ronald E Wright
USDOT / docket: 355181 · MC-220178
First registered: May 26, 1989
Last MCS-150: Feb 24, 2026 · 3,014,473 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jun 24, 2002
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,014,473

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for RIGHT WAY AUTO TRANSPORT INC.

RIGHT WAY AUTO TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 355181) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 26 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 9 vehicle-level and 26 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 37 power units and 37 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 24, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jun 24, 2002 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RIGHT WAY AUTO TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

RIGHT WAY AUTO TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 355181, and its motor carrier number is MC-220178.

Is RIGHT WAY AUTO TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, RIGHT WAY AUTO TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RIGHT WAY AUTO TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

RIGHT WAY AUTO TRANSPORT INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 43 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).