Carrier profile · USDOT 706981 · MC-326661 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Robert L Gast Inc

252 power unitsavg 2.2 yrNational · 48 statesMATTHEWS, NC68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-326661 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 39.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 225 vehicle and 463 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 6.8 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

463 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 71

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 252-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
252
Inspections · 24 mo
463
Annualized
≈232 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

97%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
99%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
76%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
86%
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 Driving180 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance178 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance159 · 40 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance95 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance66 · 50 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance44 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

309ELD device issues
32No log / no ELD
97False logs
22Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 9 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268058
20251001
20162022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 21, 2026NC01Yes
May 7, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 24, 2026SC01Yes
Mar 3, 2026GA03Yes
Feb 17, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 17, 2026OR01Yes
Feb 13, 2026UT01Yes
Jan 7, 2026MO00Yes
Dec 11, 2025NY00Yes
Jul 21, 2016OH02Yes
May 22, 2016MI01Yes