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DAVID J & SUSAN M KNIPPER

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Company CheckDAVID J & SUSAN M KNIPPER · DOT 497415

DBA: D & S TRUCKING

DOT# 497415 MC# MC-256804 De Witt, Iowa

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Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

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Address2346 260TH AVE, DE WITT, IA 52742-9132

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
JOHN L SMITH TRUCKING LLC	1409252	Sign in	Active
DAVID J & SUSAN M KNIPPER this company	497415	Sign in	Inactive

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Operating Authorities

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC256804

CommonInactive

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Quick Facts

StatusInactive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers2

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	290971	$750,000	11/04/1994	02/14/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	290916	$750,000	11/04/1993	11/04/1994	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	MTC030159	$0	09/14/1994	04/10/1995	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	MTC 018209	$0	09/14/1993	09/15/1994	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	410169	$750,000	06/09/1995	04/04/1997	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	410169	$0	06/09/1995	04/04/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	414674	$750,000	04/04/1997	01/04/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	414674	$0	04/04/1997	01/04/2006	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC256804	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	12/10/1992	REVOKED	07/02/1995
MC256804	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/10/1992	REVOKED	07/07/1995
MC256804	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/05/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/26/1993
MC256804	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/05/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/26/1993
MC256804	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/04/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/05/1996
MC256804	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/04/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/05/1996
MC256804	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/24/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/14/1994
MC256804	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/08/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/01/1993
MC256804	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/09/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/29/1993
MC256804	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/09/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/29/1993
MC256804	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/10/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/02/1995
MC256804	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/14/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/02/1995

No revocation records.

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60/100

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NOT 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 60

−25

−10

Starts at 100−40 totalFinal 60

Not active with FMCSA−25

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Operating history unknown−3

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

USDOT registration is not active (inactive, revoked, or pending).

Authorized for hire

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

Active insurance on file

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-25

Not active with FMCSA FAILS VERIFICATION

FMCSA does not show an active USDOT registration / operating authority.

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

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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