Carrier profile · USDOT 134589 · MC-106187 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Free Enterprise System Inc

0 power unitsavg 13.8 yrRegional · 6 statesJEFFERSONVILLE, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-106187 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 2.6%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 — 39 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 8

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
3%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 58 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 2 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20193022
20171010
20152002
20131001
20122012
20101011
20044024
20031001
20001111
19971011
19962002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 8, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 26, 2024KY00Yes
Oct 3, 2019IL00Yes
May 16, 2019VA01No
Apr 2, 2019NJ01Yes
Dec 2, 2017OH02No
Jun 30, 2015IL00Yes
Apr 30, 2015IN00Yes
Feb 24, 2013KY00Yes
Sep 21, 2012IN00Yes
Aug 13, 2012IN01Yes
Apr 3, 2010IN01Yes
Sep 16, 2004IN04Yes
Apr 15, 2004IL00Yes
Mar 25, 2004IN00Yes
Mar 18, 2004IN01Yes
Nov 5, 2003IN00Yes
Apr 8, 2000GA111Yes
Sep 18, 1997IL01Yes
May 10, 1996KY00Yes
May 2, 1996KY00Yes