Carrier profile · USDOT 1855922 · MC-671786 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ARG SYSTEMS INC

16 power unitsavg 4.4 yrMulti-region · 10 statesNAPERVILLE, IL100/100
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Verified linksarg-systems.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

16.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 3 total · 1 in 24 mo

3
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251010
20201001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 8, 2025IL01No
Feb 5, 2020IL00Yes
Aug 16, 2014IL00Yes