Carrier profile · USDOT 2983752 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rock Gate Capital LLC

DBA 160 DRIVING ACADEMY & GREAT LAKES TESTING

585 power unitsavg 12.7 yrNational · 20 statesCHICAGO, IL81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 25.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 62 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 10.9 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

72 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 12

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 585-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
585
Inspections · 24 mo
75
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance36 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving34 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 22 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 25 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 27, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 43 total · 8 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20254022
20244014
20239029
2022111511
20215014
20201011
20193013
20182011
20171011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026IL01Yes
May 6, 2026IL01Yes
Feb 10, 2026IL00Yes
Jun 18, 2025NJ02No
Jun 18, 2025NJ02No
Mar 13, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 20, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 1, 2024IL01Yes
Feb 28, 2024NJ00Yes
Feb 9, 2024NM00Yes
Jan 25, 2024OH00Yes
Oct 19, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 11, 2023OR00Yes
Aug 15, 2023IN01Yes
Jul 24, 2023IN00Yes
Apr 19, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 4, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 21, 2023PA00Yes
Jan 4, 2023IL01Yes
Dec 13, 2022FL01Yes
Nov 22, 2022TX10Yes
Nov 4, 2022PA00Yes
Sep 25, 2022FL02Yes
Sep 21, 2022TX03Yes