A & R MOTOR EXPRESS INC

DOT# 875382 MC# 384558 Laredo, TX Authorized For-Hire
(956) 568-3525 a-ramirez@live.com amysarli@yahoo.com 1502 Eisenhower Drive, Laredo TX 78046
7 tractors · all owned 8 drivers 180k mi/yr · ~26k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 50.0 / 100
Low confidence
26 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections
Capped at Marginal
Current FMCSA Conditional rating (11-26-2025)

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
8 · 8
Annual miles
180k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 15 0 0 15

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (11-26-2025)
Registered
04-25-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-20-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ARNULFO RAMIREZ

Cargo

56.0
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls General Freight Building Materials Beverages Paper Products Construction
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

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

Held at Marginal by an FMCSA Rating

FMCSA currently rates this motor carrier Conditional (11-26-2025). While that rating stands, FRED grades the motor carrier no better than Marginal, even where its roadside and crash record alone would grade higher.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.17×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.4 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 3.14× and violations 1.49× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.80×. Together they move its crash estimate +15%.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Current adverse FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA currently rates this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory — a recent formal finding of safety-management deficiencies. Treat as a serious underwriting concern.
  • Dangerous driving: 2

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Dec 2025 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
18% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
9.1%
1 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
19
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.071 0.039
Inspections 1.50 1.41
Violations 1.36 1.44
Critical violations 0.07 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

19 violations · 24 months
  • Hours of service No alert
    9 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 8 · False log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 3 · Speeding 3 · Other 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 1 · Other parts 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Jun
    7
    2025
    Arkansas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Cimarron Insurance Company, Inc.
on record since Nov 21, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2014
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE → Cimarron Insurance Company, Inc. (Nov 2025); SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE (Dec 2024)
  • 5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 5 took effect (the last Nov 21, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 6

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Mar 31, 2026)

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
  • Arkansas 3
  • Illinois 2
  • Wisconsin 2
  • Georgia 1
  • Indiana 1
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Texas (HQ) 1