Carrier profile · USDOT 3212502 · MC-1003510 · Updated Aug 30, 2026

Nice Guys LLC

320 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 47 statesCHAMPAIGN, IL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1003510 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

320Power units

284 observed · MCS-150

458Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(773) 347-3214 Email dispatchsafety@niceguysllc.net

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 30, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average26.2% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

25 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

25 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

320 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

674 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 26.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 282 vehicle and 674 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.9% · 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 23.5 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

663 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 42

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 320-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 320
Inspections · 24 mo: 674
Annualized: ≈337 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving349 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance87 · 76 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance64 · 15 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance47 · 12 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance40 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance34 · 5 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance33 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 16 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Artisan Truckers’18–’19

Prime Property’19–’21

Argonaut’21–’22

National Continental’22–’23

Texas’23–’24

Ms Transverse’24–’25

2018202020222024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2024 → Aug 2025	$750K	1
TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Aug 2024	$750K	1
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2022 → Aug 2023	$750K	2
ARGONAUT INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2021 → Aug 2022	$750K	1
COLONY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2021 → Aug 2021	$750K	1
PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	Aug 2019 → Aug 2021	$750K	3
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Aug 2019	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 320
Observed power (24 mo): 284
Trailers (towed): 458

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

75.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 47 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

671

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

CHAMPAIGN, IL

1807 S NEIL ST

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IL

TN 46 · NM 40 · LA 31

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 100 trucks also ran under 33 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3706 USDOT 297572 USDOT 438400 USDOT 1007384 USDOT 1632357 USDOT 2487790 USDOT 2562511 USDOT 3978235Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 65 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3706 USDOT 297572 USDOT 1007384 USDOT 1632357 USDOT 3079211 USDOT 2459419 USDOT 2487790 USDOT 3071019

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

320

Observed (24 mo)

284

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1807 S NEIL ST, CHAMPAIGN, IL, 61820
Mailing address: 707 DAVIS RD SUITE 105B, ELGIN, IL, 60123
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (773) 347-3214
Fax: (312) 766-9642
Email: safety@niceguysllc.net
Web domain: niceguysllc.net

Registration

Officer: Milan Tabasevic
USDOT / docket: 3212502 · MC-1003510
First registered: Nov 14, 2018
Last MCS-150: Nov 28, 2025 · 51,525,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 1.81
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

320

Power units

320

Drivers

320

CDL drivers

51,525,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for NICE GUYS LLC.

NICE GUYS LLC (USDOT 3212502) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 17, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 26.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier received 674 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 282 vehicle-level and 674 driver-level — across 47 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier has 25 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 30, 2026.

It reports 320 power units and 320 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 28, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NICE GUYS LLC's USDOT number?

NICE GUYS LLC's USDOT number is 3212502, and its motor carrier number is MC-1003510.

Is NICE GUYS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 30, 2026, NICE GUYS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NICE GUYS LLC's safety record?

NICE GUYS LLC has a 26.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 1,061 roadside inspections, with 25 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is NICE GUYS LLC's fleet?

NICE GUYS LLC operates 320 power units and 320 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is NICE GUYS LLC based?

NICE GUYS LLC is based in CHAMPAIGN, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 47 states.

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