CARTERS CAR CARRIER LLC

DOT# 3063528 MC# 106588 Dothan, AL Authorized For-Hire
(334) 685-9353 tericarter2012@gmail.com 120 Loraine Rd, Dothan AL 36301
1 power units · all owned 1 drivers 47k mi/yr · ~47k per unit
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
9 yrs history · 6 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
1
Drivers · CDL
1 · 1
Annual miles
47k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 1 0 0 1
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
Registered
10-30-2017 (9 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-11-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
CHARLES CARTER
Officer
TERI CARTER

Cargo

73.4
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Intermodal Containers
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 2.0× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.68×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.68× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.7× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 2.62×, violations 2.34× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.20× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +26%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Lapse in liability filings
    78 days without a liability filing on FMCSA's record, the longest of 2 lapses in 36 months while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated and close a lapse. Not in the grade.
    Ask: what covered the fleet during the gap.
  • Drivers put out of service
    4 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL, 2 hours of service (Jan 2026 – Apr 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Aug 2025 – Apr 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
6
17% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
100.0%
1 of 1
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
50.0%
3 of 6
National avg 6.7%
Violations
19
6 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 1 truck in Alabama (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 52% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 3 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 2,469 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.500 0.067
Inspections 3.50 2.96
Violations 9.50 2.96
Critical violations 2.50 0.67

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Owner-Operator power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

19 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    9 · 2 OOS
    Lights 6 · Cargo securement 2 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 3 · Reckless / lane 1 · Speeding 1 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No log 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jan 30, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 4 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: SOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC → GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Jun 2025); BULLDOG NATIONAL RRG GROUP INC → SOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC (Jun 2024); PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO. → BULLDOG NATIONAL RRG GROUP INC (Jun 2023)
  • 5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 4 took effect (the last Jan 15, 2026, replaced 15 days later); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • 2 lapses in liability filings, 93 days in all (the longest 78 days) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Dec 29, 2025)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Georgia 5
  • Alabama (HQ) 1