Carrier profile · USDOT 506485 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

STRATES SHOWS INC

7 power unitsRegional · 4 statesORLANDO, FL74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT

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 100.0%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 — 4 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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 54.2 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1

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
0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 7-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
3 / yr
Coverage
0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
24.75measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20241011
20202111
20192002
20161011
20081011
20041011
20011011
19991011
19981111
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 30, 2026FL01Yes
Feb 2, 2024FL01Yes
Jul 28, 2020SC10Yes
Jan 28, 2020FL01No
Jul 24, 2019NY00Yes
Jul 22, 2019NY00Yes
May 1, 2016SC02Yes
May 6, 2008FL01Yes
Mar 8, 2004FL01Yes
Jul 19, 2001NY01Yes
Jul 15, 1999DE01Yes
Sep 29, 1998NC11Yes
Sep 25, 1994SC01Yes