Carrier profile · USDOT 1680133 · MC-617427 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

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110 power unitsavg 8.9 yrNational · 38 statesWATERLOO, IA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-617427 ACTIVE
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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 44.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 168 vehicle and 334 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.7% · 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 3.0 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

319 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 23

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
1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 110-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
110
Inspections · 24 mo
334
Annualized
167 / yr
Coverage
1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
85%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
93%
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 Driving166 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance130 · 21 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance74 · 14 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance66 · 55 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance56 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance27 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance27 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 20 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

109 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

57ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
19False logs
27Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 49 total · 16 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263113
20257027
2024110111
20237037
20222002
20218038
20203003
20192012
20151001
20141001
20121011
20091001
20082022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 10, 2026MD10Yes
Mar 20, 2026KY01Yes
Mar 20, 2026WI00Yes
Nov 3, 2025GA01Yes
Oct 17, 2025WI02Yes
Sep 17, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 2, 2025MN00Yes
Mar 15, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 19, 2025OK00Yes
Jan 25, 2025FL00Yes
Dec 14, 2024WI00Yes
Nov 14, 2024AR01Yes
Oct 31, 2024OK00Yes
Oct 26, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 29, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 31, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 5, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 12, 2024FL00Yes
Feb 20, 2024TN00Yes
Jan 9, 2024IA00Yes
Jan 8, 2024IA00Yes
Jul 17, 2023IL01Yes
Jul 3, 2023IA00Yes
May 15, 2023SC01Yes
May 7, 2023SD00Yes