Carrier profile · USDOT 522823 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TURTLE & HUGHES INC

DBA MIE

73 power unitsavg 4.6 yrMulti-region · 8 statesCLARK, NJ94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksFMCSA SAFER

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 11.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 82 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 2.0 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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 10

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 73-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
73
Inspections · 24 mo
82
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 131 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 19 total · 6 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20252012
20243013
20222012
20211001
20204024
20193023
20181010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026NJ01Yes
May 22, 2026NJ00Yes
May 20, 2026NJ02Yes
Aug 12, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 21, 2025NY01Yes
Nov 7, 2024CA04Yes
May 3, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 7, 2024NJ00Yes
Nov 2, 2022MA00Yes
May 31, 2022NY02Yes
May 3, 2021NY00Yes
May 11, 2020NY01Yes
May 6, 2020NJ00Yes
Apr 13, 2020NJ02Yes
Apr 2, 2020NJ00Yes
Oct 9, 2019NY01Yes
Apr 15, 2019NJ01Yes
Apr 15, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 20, 2018NJ01No