Carrier profile · USDOT 224415 · MC-154268 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ron Lawrence Transport Inc

21 power unitsavg 7 yrLocal · 1 statesMODESTO, CA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-154268 ACTIVE
Verified linksronlawrenceandson.comFMCSA SAFER

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 29.3%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 — 58 vehicle and 75 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 6.7 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

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

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
76
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
19%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving48 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 20 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 32 total · 3 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20242021
20233013
20225005
20211011
20201001
20195015
20181001
20163013
20152002
20121001
20071001
20031001
20021010
19942020
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 24, 2026CA00Yes
Apr 7, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 10, 2024CA01No
Mar 26, 2024CA01Yes
Nov 16, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 27, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 6, 2023CA01Yes
Dec 29, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 9, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 28, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 23, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 24, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 8, 2021CA01Yes
Sep 21, 2020CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 15, 2019CA01Yes
Oct 7, 2019CA00Yes
Sep 20, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 8, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 12, 2018CA00Yes
Jul 25, 2016CA02Yes
May 27, 2016CA00Yes
May 5, 2016CA00Yes
Sep 28, 2015CA00Yes
Sep 20, 2015WA00Yes