Carrier profile · USDOT 2945647 · MC-996998 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

VBZ GROUP CORP

8 power unitsavg 6.6 yrMulti-region · 11 statesWESTON, FL87/100

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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 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 11.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

22 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Aug '25 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 8-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 8
Inspections · 24 mo: 23
Annualized: ≈12 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

43%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

47%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

14%

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
395.15 Automatic on-board recording deviceHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 14, 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 — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 7 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2024	2	1	2
2023	1	1	1
2021	1	1	1
2019	1	0	1
2018	1	1	1
2017	1	0	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Oct 19, 2024	CA	0	Yes
Aug 4, 2024	FL	3	Yes
Mar 2, 2023	MD	1	Yes
Mar 31, 2021	NJ	1	Yes
Jan 27, 2019	TN	0	Yes
Aug 18, 2018	FL	1	Yes
Jul 24, 2017	WA	0	Yes