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Paste a USDOT number. BrokerDefender pulls the carrier's live FMCSA record, weighs authority, safety rating, inspections, crashes, and insurance, and returns CLEAR TO BOOK, REVIEW RECOMMENDED, or DO NOT BOOK — backed by a timestamped, hash-verified packet showing exactly what you checked, and when.
Built for carrier-selection diligence following Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC — U.S. Supreme Court, May 14, 2026.
No signup required. Paste a USDOT number, get an answer.
Real output, not a mockup — see full sample packets.
Montgomery didn't hand brokers a checklist. It left one question hanging over every load: when you selected that carrier, what did you check — and can you show it?
Three things every broker needs after Montgomery
1. The record, not just the answer
Every vetting produces a timestamped packet: cryptographic hash, factor-by-factor findings, the FMCSA data as retrieved, and your own broker notes. Anyone can tell you a carrier looked fine — this is the artifact that shows what you knew at booking time.
2. A standard you can explain
Transparent operational factors, applied the same way every time: operating authority, safety rating, inspections, out-of-service rates, crash history, registration currency. No black-box score you'd have to shrug at in a deposition.
3. Every carrier, no exclusions
4.4M+ FMCSA-registered entities — active, intrastate, brand-new authorities, even recently revoked. The carriers most likely to expose you are exactly the ones other tools quietly filter out.
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