POVERTY FLATS ENTERPRISES
Legal: MICHAEL PETERSON
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20260 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · —% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusPRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- MICHAEL PETERSON
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2002-02-28
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2006-03-14
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares officers with 36 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
13 events- 04/23/2012Insurance cancelled — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 8349245
- 07/27/2010Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 70TRS012378
- 03/05/2010Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 70TRS012378
- 12/16/2009MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (08/02/2010)
- 09/21/2009Insurance cancelled — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
CARGO · policy CA 5340377
- 04/17/2009MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (09/28/2009)
- 03/16/2009Insurance replaced — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 5340377
- 03/14/2006MCS-150 update filed
- 07/30/2004Insurance cancelled — ADRIATIC INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy MC5580-45
- 06/20/2004Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL INDEPENDENT TRUCKERS INS. CO., RRG
BIPD/Primary · policy A961-01
- 01/30/2004MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (06/28/2004)
- 03/12/2002MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — DISMISSED
- 02/28/2002Registered with FMCSA
PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- Non-ratable review
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- 2010-05-17
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2006-03-14
- Reported mileage
- —
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