Carrier profile · USDOT 1193090 · MC-642851 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Sunshine Towing Inc

DBA SUNSHINE TOWING

13 power unitsavg 12 yrLocal · 1 statesMIAMI, FL73/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-642851 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 30.0%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 — 10 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 25.0 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 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
71%
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.

  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 13 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20221001
20212002
20205015
20181001
20172002
20161001
20152002
20141011
20101101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 18, 2025FL01Yes
May 9, 2022FL00Yes
Sep 10, 2021FL00Yes
May 27, 2021FL00Yes
Dec 30, 2020FL00Yes
Sep 22, 2020FL00Yes
Jul 2, 2020FL00Yes
May 24, 2020FL01Yes
Jan 9, 2020FL00Yes
Jan 19, 2018FL00Yes
Dec 3, 2017FL00Yes
Jul 15, 2017FL00Yes
Aug 25, 2016FL00Yes
Aug 13, 2015FL00Yes
Jun 10, 2015FL00Yes
Aug 23, 2014FL01Yes
Mar 30, 2010FL10Yes