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A BETTER WAY COMMUNICATIONS LLC

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Company CheckA BETTER WAY COMMUNICATIONS LLC · DOT 4181778

804 MAIN ST, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70802

DOT# 4181778 MC# 1610170 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2 years

CARRIER Physical address changed · Aug 16, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Sep 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 16, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 5

Jul 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 15 violations (no OOS).
May 18, 2026
Roadside inspection, 7 violations (no OOS).
May 13, 2026
Roadside inspection, 6 out-of-service violations.
Mar 27, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Feb 26, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address804 MAIN ST, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70802

Mailing Address506 GRAND PRE BLVD UNIT C5, NEW IBERIA, LA, 70563

Other Companies at This Address

Address804 MAIN ST, BATON ROUGE, LA 70802

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
A BETTER WAY COMMUNICATIONS LLC this company	4181778	Sign in	Active
DREAMLIFE SOLUTIONS LLC	4468812	Sign in	Active
GENESIS 360 LLC	3767671	Sign in	Active
MINT MOVING AND STORAGE INC	3142151	Sign in	Active
ROUGEAU'S TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS LLC	3922208	Sign in	Active

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1610170

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating2 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 3.37 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 1.55 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 19.27 · 10 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS20.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/02/2026

CompanyTRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #MIT-UKNAP2300164-2105

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers5

Mileage1 mi

Operating2 years

MCS-15010/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total15

Out of Service3

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total10

Out of Service5

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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

2024

5 · 1 OOS -

2025

7 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

5 · 2 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 Jul 2026, 16 inspections, 7 resulted in out-of-service (43.8% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 16 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

80 roadside violations across 16 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 61 violations · 17 OOS

Unsafe Driving 15 violations · 1 OOS

Driver Fitness 4 violations · 3 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 (17)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/30/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NY	15	0	0	0	13	0	-	▲Detail
05/18/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 287 M.P. 134 N 35	7	0	0	0	7	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2026	TX	Full (Level I)	IH10 WB SEALY SCALE	18	6	0	0	18	6	-	▲Detail
03/27/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	LARKSPUR CO	5	1	1	1	4	0	-	▲Detail
02/02/2026	TX	Special (Level IV)	IH-0010 IN HARRIS CO. (742-797	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/31/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	6700 US385 MM 96	4	1	0	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
11/29/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	STANLY COUNTY, US-52	8	7	2	1	6	6	-	▲Detail
11/27/2025	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	KENNER LA	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
11/09/2025	OK	Full (Level I)	SEQUOYAH POE	5	1	1	1	4	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2025	LA	Full (Level I)	GRAY LA	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2025	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DES ALLEMANDS LA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/31/2025	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LACOMBE LA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2024	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	FLAGSTAFF AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/21/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DONNER PASS IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	US HWY 52 DECORAH	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2024	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLYMOUTH WA	6	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
08/20/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	BLACK ROCK PLATFORM SCALE	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections17

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

Driver Fitness 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 10 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	MIT-UKNAP2300164-0307	$750,000	02/22/2024	02/22/2025	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1610170	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/27/2024	-	-
MC1610170	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/27/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/26/2025

No revocation records.

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84/100

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 84

Starts at 100−16 totalFinal 84

Limited operating history (1-3 years)−6

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-6

Limited operating history (1-3 years)

Authority granted about 2 year(s) ago.

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% 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 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% 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.

A BETTER WAY COMMUNICATIONS LLC

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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 (17)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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