Carrier profile · USDOT 1872248 · MC-676209 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RMS TRANS INC

46 power unitsavg 7.6 yrMulti-region · 13 statesJACKSONVILLE, FL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-676209 ACTIVE
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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 8.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 79 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 1.6 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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 8

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 46-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
79
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
8False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 6 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261110
20253013
20245025
20232002
20221001
20213023
20201011
20191001
20184014
20162012
20151011
20141001
20134023
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 25, 2026FL11No
Nov 5, 2025MS01Yes
Sep 30, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 13, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 14, 2024TX01Yes
Aug 12, 2024FL00Yes
May 21, 2024WV00Yes
Mar 27, 2024AL00Yes
Feb 29, 2024SC01Yes
Oct 3, 2023GA00Yes
Jul 6, 2023IN00Yes
Jul 26, 2022FL00Yes
Aug 3, 2021KY02Yes
Jul 8, 2021NC01Yes
Jul 5, 2021FL00Yes
Jun 16, 2020NC01Yes
Jun 13, 2019NC00Yes
Jun 6, 2018LA00Yes
Apr 30, 2018NC00Yes
Feb 15, 2018TX01Yes
Jan 3, 2018GA00Yes
Oct 20, 2016VA01Yes
Mar 23, 2016KY00Yes
Aug 20, 2015NC01Yes
Oct 16, 2014LA00Yes