Carrier profile · USDOT 546218 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Goodness Gardens Inc

13 power unitsavg 3.8 yrMulti-region · 9 statesNEW HAMPTON, NY94/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 13.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 63 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 11.9 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 63
Annualized: ≈32 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

65%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

75%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

30%

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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues

5No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	1	0	1	0
2020	1	1	0	1
2018	2	0	1	2
2017	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	1	1
2002	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Sep 21, 2022	NJ	0	2	No
Jun 12, 2020	NY	1	0	Yes
Nov 16, 2018	NJ	0	0	Yes
Jun 29, 2018	CT	0	1	Yes
Apr 21, 2017	PA	0	0	Yes
Sep 10, 2014	PA	0	1	Yes
Dec 26, 2013	NJ	0	0	Yes
Jan 3, 2011	NJ	0	2	Yes
Aug 9, 2002	NY	0	0	Yes
Aug 9, 2002	NY	0	1	Yes