Carrier profile · USDOT 665722 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ROGER THORNSBURY

DBA R & L PAVING INC

21 power unitsavg 19.7 yrLocal · 2 statesTUTOR KEY, KY100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT
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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 11.5%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 — 26 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 9.2 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 5

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 59 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 0 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20232012
20201011
20181001
20101001
20081001
20072012
20022002
20001001
19992012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 4, 2024KY00Yes
Oct 4, 2023KY00Yes
May 22, 2023KY01Yes
Jun 16, 2020KY02Yes
May 7, 2018KY00Yes
Jul 26, 2010KY00Yes
Jul 11, 2008KY00Yes
Aug 2, 2007KY00Yes
May 10, 2007KY01Yes
Oct 7, 2002KY00Yes
Oct 7, 2002KY00Yes
May 2, 2000KY00Yes
Nov 8, 1999KY00Yes
Mar 11, 1999KY01Yes