Carrier profile · USDOT 2498811 · MC-865893 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TAURUS AUTO GROUP INC

1 power unitavg 4.8 yrNational · 43 statesLEMONT, IL100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-865893 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksFMCSA SAFER

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 16.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 243 vehicle and 398 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · 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 10.0 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

373 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 28

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
≈199.0 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
398
Annualized
≈199 / yr
Coverage
≈199.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving277 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance80 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance69 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance52 · 29 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance34 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

139 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
63False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 51% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 5 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254004
20243013
20191001
20181001
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 12, 2026MO00Yes
Oct 16, 2025NE00Yes
Jun 11, 2025IL00Yes
May 20, 2025SC00Yes
May 16, 2025WY00Yes
Jul 1, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 12, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 5, 2024VA00Yes
Jan 10, 2019IL00Yes
Apr 13, 2018FL00Yes
Jul 17, 2016CA00Yes