Carrier profile · USDOT 314503 · MC-209599 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Schroeder Associates Inc

1 power unitavg 8.2 yrRegional · 6 statesAUBURN, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-209599 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 20.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 28.3 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
4.0 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
8
Annualized
4 / yr
Coverage
4.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20221111
20202002
20191001
20181011
20111001
20093013
20081001
20071011
20061001
20052002
20031001
20021001
20011001
19992021
19981011
19951001
19941001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 25, 2025GA01Yes
Feb 1, 2022GA11Yes
Aug 13, 2020PA00Yes
Aug 11, 2020AR00Yes
Feb 21, 2019SC00Yes
Feb 12, 2018IN01Yes
Aug 22, 2011OH00Yes
Aug 21, 2009WI00Yes
Jul 24, 2009IN02Yes
May 10, 2009OH00Yes
Oct 10, 2008LA00Yes
Sep 14, 2007IL04Yes
Jan 8, 2006OH00Yes
May 17, 2005NY00Yes
May 16, 2005OH00Yes
Sep 13, 2003IN00Yes
May 13, 2002IN00Yes
Mar 7, 2001IN00Yes
Aug 27, 1999MD01No
Jun 17, 1999NC01Yes
Jan 5, 1998TN01Yes
Sep 15, 1995IN00Yes
Oct 18, 1994NE00Yes