Carrier profile · USDOT 3212502 · MC-1003510 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Nice Guys LLC

95 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 47 statesELGIN, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1003510 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 26.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 277 vehicle and 660 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.4% · 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 19.0 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

647 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 42

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
≈3.5 / 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
95
Inspections · 24 mo
660
Annualized
≈330 / yr
Coverage
≈3.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

95%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
73%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
48%
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 Driving349 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance87 · 76 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance64 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance47 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance40 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance34 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance33 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 16 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

115 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

66ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
20False logs
13Drove over hours

24 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 65 total · 27 in 24 mo

65
Total crashes
27
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267027
2025141413
2024140613
2023141612
2022100110
20212002
20204013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026MO01Yes
Apr 12, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2026GA02Yes
Mar 14, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 26, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 25, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 24, 2026TN00Yes
Dec 18, 2025IN02Yes
Dec 2, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 25, 2025MO01Yes
Nov 12, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 10, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 1, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 23, 2025OH01No
Jul 26, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 22, 2025PA00Yes
Jun 24, 2025SC01Yes
Feb 23, 2025VA10Yes
Feb 17, 2025NY00Yes
Feb 11, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 15, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 19, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 10, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 26, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 28, 2024IL01Yes