Carrier profile · USDOT 2428803 · MC-837079 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

RON AND SIDNEY EXPRESS LLC

DBA RSX

20 power unitsavg 7.8 yrRegional · 7 statesATHENS, TX76/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-837079 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 9.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 22.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 27 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 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 3

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 20-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
97%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
10False logs
9Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 6 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20254023
20242002
20222022
20211010
20201001
20172101
20161001
20152012
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 22, 2026TX02Yes
Mar 20, 2026LA01Yes
Dec 30, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 24, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 30, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 25, 2025TX01No
Jul 17, 2024OK00Yes
Jun 16, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 19, 2022TX03Yes
Jan 17, 2022MO01Yes
Jun 14, 2021TX01No
Nov 28, 2020TX00Yes
Nov 17, 2017TX00Yes
Sep 11, 2017TX10No
Sep 1, 2016TX00Yes
Dec 22, 2015TX00Yes
Jul 11, 2015TX01Yes
Feb 2, 2014TX00Yes