Carrier profile · USDOT 2828543 · MC-944686 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Zigi Freight Inc

DBA ROYAL3 INC

89 power unitsavg 3.3 yrNational · 45 statesCHICAGO, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-944686 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksroyal3inc.comFMCSA 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 23.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 84 vehicle and 257 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 6.4 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

249 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 21

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 89-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
89
Inspections · 24 mo
257
Annualized
≈129 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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 Driving128 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 26 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 8 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

52 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
20False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 52% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 8 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20256026
20242002
20235015
20223123
20213013
20202012
20191001
20184014
20177007
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2026IL01Yes
Nov 25, 2025LA01Yes
Nov 7, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 4, 2025IA00Yes
Mar 27, 2025VA01Yes
Mar 6, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 2, 2025NV00Yes
Oct 4, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 6, 2024OH00Yes
Aug 21, 2023AL00Yes
Aug 6, 2023MS01Yes
Jun 27, 2023NY00Yes
Mar 24, 2023VT00Yes
Mar 23, 2023TN00Yes
Jul 6, 2022AL00Yes
May 25, 2022NY11Yes
Feb 15, 2022OH01Yes
Dec 18, 2021MN00Yes
Aug 17, 2021IL01Yes
Jul 31, 2021PA00Yes
Jul 10, 2020MA00Yes
Apr 21, 2020LA02Yes
Aug 1, 2019MD00Yes
Nov 7, 2018TN00Yes
Jun 29, 2018NC00Yes