Carrier profile · USDOT 2316436 · MC-790783 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Root Network LLC

38 power unitsavg 3.2 yrRegional · 7 statesLANCASTER, PA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-790783 ACTIVE
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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 13.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 75 vehicle and 103 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 3.7 pts 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

97 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 10

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
103
Annualized
≈52 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
52%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 20 total · 5 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20243013
20236006
20222002
20211001
20204014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 13, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 9, 2025MD00Yes
Sep 12, 2025PA01Yes
May 23, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 11, 2024PA01Yes
Aug 23, 2024NJ00Yes
May 21, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 6, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 25, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 5, 2023NJ00Yes
Aug 22, 2023MD00Yes
Feb 28, 2023NJ00Yes
Feb 21, 2023NJ00Yes
Nov 11, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 29, 2022PA00Yes
Jun 7, 2021PA00Yes
Dec 22, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 21, 2020NY00Yes
Nov 18, 2020NY01Yes
Jun 9, 2020PA00Yes