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Company CheckERNEST L CARTER · DOT 1541282

5 CHRISTOPHER CT, FRANKLINVILLE, NJ, 08322

DOT# 1541282 MC# 592028 Franklinville, New Jersey 19 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Sep 15, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Aug 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 28, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 24, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 1, 2025
Roadside inspection, 5 out-of-service violations.
Sep 29, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 2

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).
Sep 28, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address5 CHRISTOPHER CT, FRANKLINVILLE, NJ, 08322

Mailing Address5 CHRISTOPHER CT, FRANKLINVILLE, NJ, 08322

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC592028

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating19 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.4 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 3.6 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 30 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage400 miles

Mileage Year2022

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS42.9% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS75.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review03/13/2015

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/23/2026

CompanyDRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA863603712

Last checked09/14/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage400 mi

Operating19 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service3

OOS Rate42.9%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total4

Out of Service3

OOS Rate75.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 03/13/2015 | Rated: 03/30/2015

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

3 · 1 OOS -

2024

5 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

4 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Aug 2026, 7 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (71.4% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 9 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

80 roadside violations across 7 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 54 violations · 9 OOS

Unsafe Driving 17 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 2 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 1 OOS

Other (General) 6 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (14)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/23/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	ALBANY NY	18	1	1	1	17	0	-	▲Detail
12/24/2025	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAMARONECK NY	5	1	1	1	4	0	-	▲Detail
12/01/2025	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON I-81 N 205 FEET EAST OF ALL	15	5	2	1	13	4	-	▲Detail
05/02/2025	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BRIDGEPORT	24	3	0	0	24	3	-	▲Detail
02/25/2025	DE	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW CASTLE DE	11	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
11/20/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON POTTSVILLE PIKE AT ITS INTE	6	0	0	0	6	0	-	▲Detail
06/28/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I78 E AT EXIT 40	5	1	0	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
04/03/2024	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	RIGHT SHOULDER, EAST OF X23	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
02/06/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CECIL COUNTY	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
01/14/2024	CT	Driver-Only (Level III)	RIGHT SHOULDER, EAST OF X23	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
12/31/2023	CT	Driver-Only (Level III)	RIGHT SHOULDER, EAST OF X23	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2023	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SR 9W NEW BALTIMORE	12	2	2	1	10	1	-	▲Detail
09/17/2023	CT	Driver-Only (Level III)	RIGHT SHOULDER, WEST OF X25	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections6

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Out of Service Orders (2)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2016-02-10	90 day failure to pay fine	ACTIVE	2016-02-11
2015-08-25	90 day failure to pay fine	ACTIVE	2015-09-02

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT786526002	$750,000	09/28/2016	09/28/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT786526-8011-111	$750,000	09/28/2011	09/28/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	BA 069 84 90	$750,000	09/28/2010	09/28/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924127 00	$750,000	09/28/2007	09/28/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924127 00	$750,000	09/28/2007	09/28/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924127 00	$0	09/28/2007	09/28/2007	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924127 00	$0	09/28/2007	09/28/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924128 00	$750,000	09/28/2007	09/28/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924128 00	$750,000	09/28/2007	10/27/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924128 00	$0	09/28/2007	09/28/2007	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924128 00	$0	09/28/2007	10/27/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	462555	$0	09/28/2007	09/28/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924127 00	$750,000	09/28/2007	09/28/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	MAC9924127 00	$0	09/28/2007	09/28/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	461054	$0	09/28/2006	09/28/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	CT00017742	$750,000	04/04/2007	09/28/2007	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC592028	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/04/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/28/2007
MC592028	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/02/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/29/2025
MC592028	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/01/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/28/2011
MC592028	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/01/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/28/2010
MC592028	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/10/2007	-	-

No revocation records.

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90/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 90

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 42.8571% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 75% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 42.8571% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 75% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (14)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (2)

Licensing & Insurance

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