FRIENDS INDIA TRANSPORT LLC
USDOT 2400085MC-Docket MC825424BRONSON, FL
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FRIENDS INDIA TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2400085) in BRONSON, FL — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2017-07-07 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-12-04) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 13 times, most recent 2025-12-04 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 5
Hours of service
No alert
measure 2.07
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 13.63
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
6
Inspections
3
OOS inspections
7
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Total drivers
- 1
- Years in business
- 13
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 60%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 13 times last 2025-12-04
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-01-13
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2017-07-07
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
8
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
47
Violations
15
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2024-03-22 → 2026-03-25.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
31 | 9 | 2026-03-25 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
6 | 3 | 2026-03-25 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
5 | 2 | 2026-03-25 |
Hours of service 395
|
5 | 1 | 2026-03-25 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | More than 25% of the slider-guide/hold-down brackets are missing or disengaged. | OOS |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inadequate lining/pad thickness | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers lower rear retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured on or after Decem | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2026-03-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to certify the record immediately after the final required entry has been made or corrected f | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Intermodal Containers - Improper securement of loaded intermodal containers transported on vehicles other than container | OOS |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2024-12-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flat tire or fabric exposed | OOS |
| 2024-12-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 1/32 of inch measured in 2 adjacent major tread grooves 3 separate locations 8 inches a | OOS |
| 2024-12-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | — |
| 2024-12-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-12-30 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2024-12-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 5 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-03-25 14 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47D2-BLTBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIBD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-AASGMD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11B-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B2-ELDDFC24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-11-06 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 126C-CIM | OOS | — |
2024-12-30 8 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG3 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-OOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-OOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9BRKLAMP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A | OOS | — |
2024-04-02 11 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9(d)(2) | — | — |
2024-03-22 10 viols· 5 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(b) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(b) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(f) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(a) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 15(g)(2) | — | — |
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