Carrier profile · USDOT 4220658 · MC-1631308 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Royal Linkage Inc

18 power unitsavg 9.8 yrMulti-region · 13 statesLIVINGSTON, CA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1631308 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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 40.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 22.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 88 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

48.0% · 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 3.1 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

85 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 9

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

≈2.5 / 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: 18
Inspections · 24 mo: 89
Annualized: ≈45 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

97%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

50%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

92%

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 Driving75 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance67 · 18 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 4 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 14 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

114 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

42ELD device issues

29No log / no ELD

21False logs

5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 93% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 4 total · 4 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025		3	0	2	3
2024		1	0	0	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 6, 2025	CA	0	Yes
Apr 1, 2025	AZ	2	Yes
Mar 25, 2025	NE	1	Yes
Oct 31, 2024	AZ	0	Yes