Safety · Carrier profile · USDOT 727255

THOMAS SCHEFFERS LLC

JEFFERSON, IA 82

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 —%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 — 0 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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 3-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 4
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

37%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

12%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · 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 Driving12
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2
383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 9 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 2 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024		1	0	0	1
2021		1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
09/23/2024	IA	0	0	Yes
04/05/2021	IA	0	0	Yes