Carrier profile · USDOT 4044447 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

E & I Carriers LLC

9 power unitsavg 14.5 yrLocal · 1 statesDALE, TX54/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 57.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 53.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

62.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 5

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 45
Annualized: ≈23 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

67%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

100%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

19%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

97%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance68 · 3 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving31 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 14 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness25 · 25 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 8 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 3 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026		1	0	0	1
2025		2	1	2	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 13, 2026	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 21, 2025	TX	1	1	Yes
Feb 2, 2025	TX	0	2	Yes