Carrier profile · USDOT 897627 · MC-390091 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lou's Transport LLC

33 power unitsavg 8.5 yrLocal · 1 statesPONTIAC, MI94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-390091 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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 5.2 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 33-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 34 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 29 total · 6 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20246026
20222012
20211001
20193023
20183013
20172012
20141001
20082012
20072002
20061011
20051011
20042002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 6, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 18, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 10, 2024MI01Yes
Oct 29, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 23, 2024MI02Yes
Jul 19, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 8, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 8, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 25, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 5, 2022MI01Yes
Nov 11, 2021MI00Yes
Nov 19, 2019MI01Yes
Sep 5, 2019MI01Yes
Jul 2, 2019MI00Yes
Dec 3, 2018MI00Yes
Jun 19, 2018MI00Yes
Mar 26, 2018MI01Yes
Jun 30, 2017MI00Yes
Jan 4, 2017MI01Yes
Nov 21, 2014MI00Yes
May 29, 2008MI01Yes
Feb 12, 2008MI00Yes
Sep 18, 2007MI00Yes
Sep 17, 2007MI00Yes