Carrier profile · USDOT 2296533 · MC-784176 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Transportes Especializados Ruiz LLC

39 power unitsavg 10.3 yrMulti-region · 14 statesRIO GRANDE CITY, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-784176 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 21.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 174 vehicle and 203 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

39.3% · 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 17.4 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

202 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 21

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
≈2.6 / 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
39
Inspections · 24 mo
203
Annualized
≈102 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
92%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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 Driving105 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance83 · 17 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance45 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance35 · 18 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness30 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 7 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
8False logs
4Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252011
20241001
20221001
20214033
20203013
20183013
20173013
20162011
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 12, 2026VA00Yes
Oct 15, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 13, 2025TX01No
Jul 29, 2024IN00Yes
May 5, 2022TX00Yes
Dec 13, 2021NJ01No
Jun 3, 2021SC02Yes
Mar 17, 2021PA02Yes
Feb 14, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 23, 2020AL00Yes
Dec 1, 2020TX00Yes
Apr 22, 2020LA01Yes
Sep 5, 2018TN00Yes
Jun 29, 2018TX02Yes
Mar 29, 2018MD00Yes
Nov 2, 2017VA00Yes
Aug 30, 2017TX01Yes
Mar 1, 2017TX00Yes
Jul 1, 2016AL01No
Apr 10, 2016TX00Yes
May 26, 2013TX00Yes