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Company CheckERIC MICHAELS · DOT 3495767

DBA: ME TRANSPORTATION

4045 N 8TH ST, ALTOONA, PA, 16601

DOT# 3495767 MC# 1152047 Altoona, Pennsylvania 5 years

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2

Power Units

1

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Oct 15, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 2

Mar 31, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 9, 2024
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Oct 15, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Company Information

Legal NameERIC MICHAELS

DBA NameME TRANSPORTATION

DOT Number3495767

MC Number1152047

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationAltoona, Pennsylvania

Added09/29/2020

MCS-15003/24/2026

Contact Details

Phone(814) 502-3099

Email[email protected]

Physical Address4045 N 8TH ST, ALTOONA, PA, 16601

Mailing Address4045 N 8TH ST, ALTOONA, PA, 16601-7111

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1152047

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating5 years

Company Overview

ERIC MICHAELS is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The company has been in operation for 5 years, registered with the FMCSA on 09/29/2020. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 123,000 miles (2021). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, ERIC MICHAELS has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage123,000 miles

Mileage Year2021

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

1

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

1

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

SmartWay PartnerNo

No safety rating or inspection data on file with FMCSA.

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective10/15/2025

CompanyGEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #9300223395

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers1

Mileage123,000 mi

Operating5 years

MCS-15003/2026

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

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

2 · 0 OOS =

2025

1 · 0 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 Mar 2025, 2 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Inspection Records (4)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
03/31/2025	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	STEELE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2024	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	MONUMENT CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/06/2024	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2023	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	UMATILLA POE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections2

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	EASTERN ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY	TEA370112620	$750,000	12/22/2020	10/15/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN357695	$750,000	10/15/2023	10/15/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA961991349	$750,000	10/15/2022	10/15/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EASTERN ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY	TEA370112621	$750,000	10/15/2021	10/15/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EASTERN ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY	TEA370112620	$750,000	10/15/2020	12/22/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EASTERN ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY	TEA370112620	$750,000	10/15/2020	02/01/2021	Name Changed

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1152047	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/30/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/29/2020
MC1152047	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	10/22/2020	-	-
MC1152047	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/20/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/05/2021
MC1152047	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/19/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/28/2022

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100/100

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

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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.