Robert L Gast Inc (USDOT 706981)

Robert L Gast Inc (USDOT 706981) carries a federal safety record distinguished by one of the most extensive authority-disruption histories in publicly available FMCSA data. FMCSA records show four separate authority revocations on file, alongside three documented insurance-gap periods, the longest of which extended 842 days. Those figures place this carrier in a category rarely seen even among carriers with complex regulatory histories.

The crash record shows six total crashes, with three reported injuries and no fatalities. Twenty-five percent of those crashes occurred during nighttime hours. Taken alone, six crashes is a notable count, but the fuller picture emerges when the violation record is laid alongside it: 206 violations logged within a 24-month window, a volume that ranks this carrier among the worst-scoring operators in the national fleet for overall violation accumulation. The maintenance violation rate alone places Robert L Gast Inc in approximately the 92nd percentile nationally — meaning the carrier ranks among the worst-scoring carriers for maintenance violations when measured against all comparable carriers in FMCSA's dataset. The violation profile spans four distinct categories: maintenance deficiencies, unsafe-driving infractions, hours-of-service noncompliance, and controlled-substances violations. That breadth across all four categories is uncommon; most carriers with high violation totals concentrate their infractions in one or two areas, whereas this record is distributed across the full range of major safety domains tracked by FMCSA.

The hours-of-service and controlled-substances entries are separately significant as standalone categories, each representing a distinct dimension of driver-related compliance that FMCSA tracks independently from equipment-maintenance concerns. The unsafe-driving violations further extend the record beyond the mechanical and into active operational conduct. Across 206 total violations covering maintenance, driver conduct, scheduling compliance, and substance testing, the 24-month snapshot is one of the broadest multi-category violation profiles in the public record for a carrier of this operating size.

The four revocations on file are stated here as bare record facts, consistent with FMCSA's publicly available authority history for USDOT 706981. The 842-day gap represents the longest single continuous period without active insurance coverage reflected in the record, with two additional shorter gap periods also documented.