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J AND B HOTSHOT LLC

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Company CheckJ AND B HOTSHOT LLC · DOT 4004859

29870 N SKOKIE HWY UNIT 4, LAKE BLUFF, IL, 60044

DOT# 4004859 MC# 1515975 Lake Bluff, Illinois 3 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Feb 25, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Feb 25, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Feb 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 13, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 11, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Apr 14, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 1

Sep 23, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address29870 N SKOKIE HWY UNIT 4, LAKE BLUFF, IL, 60044

Mailing AddressPO BOX # 12321, CHICAGO, IL, 60612-9998

Other Companies at This Address

Address29870 N SKOKIE HWY UNIT 4, LAKE BLUFF, IL 60044

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
GARANT EXPRESS INC	2344326	Sign in	Active
J AND B HOTSHOT LLC this company	4004859	Sign in	Active
VETERAN TRUCKLOAD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC	3587780	Sign in	Active
ZIP ZAP LOGISTICS LLC	4253412	Sign in	Active
BODNAR LOGISTICS LLC	4306570	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1515975

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating3 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 3.17 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 1.41 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 5.5 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage110,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS22.2% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS14.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective09/23/2025

CompanyARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA997175820

Last checked08/01/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage110,000 mi

Operating3 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total9

Out of Service2

OOS Rate22.2%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service1

OOS Rate14.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2024

2 · 0 OOS -

2025

5 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Feb 2026, 9 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (33.3% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

44 roadside violations across 9 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 25 violations · 1 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 9 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 2 OOS

Other (General) 5 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (9)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
02/25/2026	UT	Full (Level I)	NEPHI UT	4	1	0	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
02/12/2026	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DUBLIN GA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/13/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	INTERSTATE EB	7	1	3	1	4	0	-	▲Detail
12/11/2025	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	WILLIAMSBURG MO	26	2	24	2	2	0	-	▲Detail
12/08/2025	TX	Full (Level I)	IH-0069 IN FORT BEND CO. (95-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/15/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	MAYVIEW MO	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2025	NC	Full (Level I)	US421 AT MOUNT PLEASANT RD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/07/2024	NC	Full (Level I)	CHARLOTTE WEIGH STATION, I-85,	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/02/2024	CO	Full (Level I)	LAMAR CO	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections9

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2023-10-10	New Entrant Revoked - Failure of Safety Audit	ACTIVE	2024-03-25

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA965464066	$1,000,000	07/15/2024	04/04/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA997175820	$750,000	05/08/2025	09/23/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	9300137718	$750,000	04/10/2025	05/08/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA965464066	$750,000	03/01/2024	07/15/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA965464066	$750,000	02/05/2023	01/31/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA965464066	$750,000	01/31/2023	03/01/2024	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1515975	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/10/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/14/2025
MC1515975	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/17/2023	-	-
MC1515975	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/05/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/07/2024

No revocation records.

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92/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 22.2222% vs national avg 5.51%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 3 years ago.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 22.2222% vs national avg 5.51%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

J AND B HOTSHOT LLC

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Mileage

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Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (9)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (1)

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