Carrier profile · USDOT 3506080 · MC-1158935 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Royal Taste Inc

63 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 41 statesPLAINFIELD, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1158935 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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 48 vehicle and 111 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 12.0 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

109 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 11

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 63-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
63
Inspections · 24 mo
111
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
79%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
59%
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 Driving57 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 13 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
11False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 10 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20254014
20244014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2026IN00Yes
May 18, 2026NJ00Yes
Apr 16, 2026NC02Yes
Feb 25, 2026IN00Yes
Oct 9, 2025MD00Yes
Oct 7, 2025WV02Yes
Aug 21, 2025MD00Yes
Jan 21, 2025MS00Yes
Oct 12, 2024AL00Yes
Oct 4, 2024MS02Yes
Jun 28, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 7, 2024UT00Yes