Carrier profile · USDOT 796639 · MC-354815 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RUBEN RUIZ

DBA RUBEN RUIZ TRUCKING

14 power unitsavg 17.9 yrLocal · 2 statesFOREST, MS82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-354815 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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 23.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 13.3 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 14-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
84%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 12, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 24 total · 2 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20241011
20222012
20202002
20182022
20171001
20163032
20151001
20133013
20121001
20111001
20102021
20091001
20052022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 17, 2026AL00Yes
Aug 14, 2025MS00Yes
May 14, 2024AL01Yes
Apr 29, 2022MS00Yes
Jan 10, 2022MS01Yes
Dec 8, 2020AL00Yes
Jan 21, 2020MS00Yes
Nov 14, 2018AL01Yes
Sep 11, 2018LA02Yes
Mar 10, 2017AL00Yes
Sep 1, 2016MS01Yes
Jun 15, 2016MS01Yes
Mar 11, 2016LA01No
Apr 27, 2015MS00Yes
Dec 11, 2013AL00Yes
Jul 16, 2013MS01Yes
May 24, 2013MS00Yes
Jun 5, 2012AL00Yes
Aug 4, 2011AL00Yes
Apr 27, 2010AL01Yes
Mar 13, 2010AL01No
Sep 11, 2009AL00Yes
Dec 8, 2005MS01Yes
Jan 31, 2005AL01Yes