Carrier profile · USDOT 104267 · MC-145574 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

Russ's Motor Serviceinc

11 power unitsavg 10.8 yrLocal · 2 statesTAYLOR, MI90/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-145574 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 0.0%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 — 6 vehicle and 16 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 46.7 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 11-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
11
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 20 total · 1 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20211001
20181011
20172011
20152002
20131001
20121011
20111001
20101001
20091001
20071011
20021001
19981001
19973023
19941001
19931010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2025CT00Yes
Feb 22, 2021NY00Yes
Feb 26, 2018NY01Yes
Dec 12, 2017NY01No
Feb 27, 2017MA00Yes
Oct 28, 2015MI00Yes
Jan 7, 2015NY00Yes
Jan 18, 2013NY00Yes
Apr 12, 2012MA01Yes
Jan 7, 2011NY00Yes
Sep 24, 2010NY00Yes
Jan 8, 2009NY00Yes
Oct 4, 2007NY02Yes
Feb 22, 2002NY00Yes
May 6, 1998NJ00Yes
Oct 20, 1997NY01Yes
Sep 2, 1997NY00Yes
Jan 15, 1997NY01Yes
May 4, 1994NY00Yes
Dec 23, 1993MI01No