Carrier profile · USDOT 612706 · MC-296807 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Great Taste of Texas LLC

7 power unitsavg 6.9 yrRegional · 4 statesSPICEWOOD, TX94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-296807 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 10.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 8.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 16.7 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

12 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 12
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

36%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

27%

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.

392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

2ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 23 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	1	0
2017	1	0	1	1
2015	2	0	1	2
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	1	1
2010	4	0	3	4
2008	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	0	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	3	1	1	2
2003	1	0	1	1
2002	2	0	1	2
1999	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Sep 2, 2023	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 18, 2022	TX	0	1	No
May 30, 2017	TX	0	2	Yes
Feb 10, 2015	CA	0	0	Yes
Jan 25, 2015	TX	0	1	Yes
Oct 20, 2013	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 20, 2012	TX	0	1	Yes
Jul 18, 2011	CA	0	3	Yes
Oct 21, 2010	CA	0	1	Yes
Sep 18, 2010	TX	0	1	Yes
May 2, 2010	CA	0	0	Yes
Mar 28, 2010	TX	0	1	Yes
Sep 14, 2008	TX	0	0	Yes
Jun 30, 2006	CA	0	0	Yes
Dec 8, 2005	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 30, 2004	CA	0	0	Yes
May 4, 2004	TX	0	1	No
Feb 29, 2004	TX	1	0	Yes
Jan 4, 2003	AZ	0	2	Yes
Oct 10, 2002	CA	0	2	Yes
Feb 19, 2002	TX	0	0	Yes
May 11, 1999	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jan 1, 1999	TX	0	2	Yes