Carrier profile · USDOT 1283161 · MC-499098 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FIRST OPTION INC

58 power unitsavg 8.1 yrNational · 20 statesMARION, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-499098 ACTIVE
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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 8.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 94 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 11.7 pts 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

89 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 8

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 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
94
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
8%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 58 total · 6 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255034
20244014
20233013
20221101
20216006
20201001
20195125
20185124
20176016
20153013
20142022
20135015
20123012
20103013
20092022
20082012
20071011
20051101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 3, 2025IL02Yes
Aug 4, 2025NY01No
Mar 10, 2025IN03Yes
Feb 20, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 3, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 6, 2024IN00Yes
May 13, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 30, 2024IN01Yes
Mar 11, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 17, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 1, 2023IN01Yes
Jan 5, 2023OH00Yes
Mar 7, 2022OH20Yes
Oct 29, 2021IL00Yes
Oct 18, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 16, 2021IN00Yes
Sep 10, 2021IN00Yes
May 16, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 4, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 11, 2020IN00Yes
Jun 8, 2019IN00Yes
May 29, 2019IN11Yes
Apr 22, 2019NY00Yes
Mar 6, 2019IN00Yes
Feb 12, 2019NY01Yes