CSA
Authorized · PropertyUSDOT 1485330· MC1328832· CARRIER· EIN 38-3620364
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GENE'S TOWING

7770 DIX, DETROIT, MI, 48209(313) 841-5236attorneybachand@gmail.comNICHOLAS BACHAND
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$1M BIPD
MICHIGAN MILLERS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO
Vehicle OOS
—
no inspections
Driver OOS
0%
below 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
1
none fatal
Red flags
None
nothing flagged
98
/ 100

Risk factors

Low riskVioCodes score
1 crash in the last 24 months

A weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.

Authority & insurance

MC1328832

Operating authority and insurance on file — from FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I).

Common
Active
Contract
None
Broker
None
Authorized for: Property
Liability (BIPD)
$1M on file
$750K required
Cargo
Not on file
not required
Bond / surety
Not on file
not required
Insurance filings
ON FILELiability (BIPD) — BMC-91X$1M coverageeff 07/21/2022
MICHIGAN MILLERS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO· policy C0508990
Authority history (2) ▾
07/29/2022MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTED
11/26/2021MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERDISMISSED

Source: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I), public data. This shows the carrier’s federal insurance filings (BMC-91X liability, BMC-34 cargo) — the federally-required minimums on file for operating authority — not the carrier’s full commercial policy (its actual auto combined-single-limit, general liability, cargo, or workers’ comp, which appear on the carrier’s ACORD certificate of insurance). Always confirm current coverage with a COI from the carrier’s agent before making a vetting decision.

Roadside inspection performance

Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.

Vehicle0 inspections · 0% OOS · National 22%
Driver6 inspections · 0% OOS · National 6.7%

CSA performance breakdown

FMCSA · Sep 2026

6 inspections · 8 violations (0 OOS) · 0% of inspections had an OOS finding.

6
Inspections
8
Violations
0
OOS violations
5
Distinct codes

Violations by BASIC

click to filter codes

8
total

Most inspected in · top 1 states

  • MI6

Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.

Recommendations

What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.

Phone / texting violations are the leading contributor to Unsafe Driving

High impact

Estimated Unsafe Driving percentile of 75% is at/over the 65% intervention line. Carriers with a BASIC in alert are prioritized for enforcement (warning letters, audits) and inspected more often — which tends to generate still more violations.

What’s contributing4 violations (24 mo)
Phone / texting1 viol42%
  • 392.82DUMTDriver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone1× · 42%
Seat belt1 viol30%
  • 392.16-DDriver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV1× · 30%
Speeding2 viol28%
  • 392.2-SLLS2State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit2× · 28%
What to do
  • Hands-off-the-phone policy with real consequences; provide a mount and a do-not-disturb setup
Projected estimatecould improve up to 19 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 65% line

Hours-of-Service Compliance needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Hours-of-Service Compliance percentile of 0% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Driver Fitness needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Driver Fitness percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Controlled Substances/Alcohol needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Controlled Substances/Alcohol percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Vehicle Maintenance needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Vehicle Maintenance percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.

90-day safety improvement plan

What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.

▲ Trending worse
2
Inspections
3
Violations
0
Out-of-service
0
Clean
Where the violations are
Unsafe Driving 67%Other 33%
Focus here first
1Unsafe Driving
2 violations · 67% of recent
  • 392.82DUMTDriver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone
  • 392.16-DDriver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV
Do this
  • Log in and annotate the ELD correctly every day; fix edits promptly
  • Plan trips around available hours — never falsify a log
2Other
1 violation · 33% of recent
Do this
  • Review these violations with drivers and add the fix to your pre-trip and PM routine
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Based on roadside inspections in the last 90 days, ranked by what recurs most. Informational, not legal advice.

Inspection & crash map

live · FMCSA MCMIS

Every inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).

6
Inspections
8
Violations
0
Out-of-service
71
CSA points
6
Crashes
1
States
cleanviolOOS

CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.

Equipment

VINs via NHTSA

2 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.

2 incomplete vehicle
2016 FREIGHTLINER M2seen 4×
1FVACWDTXGHGZ4394· BA55695 MI
2024 INTERNATIONAL MV607seen 2×
3HAEUMML9RL62908· BD45990 MI

Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.

Crash record (US, last 24 months)

Total

1

Tow-away

1

Injury

1

Fatal

0

Company profile

FMCSA census

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Power units
8
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
7
0 hold a CDL
Annual mileage
0.1M mi
reported 2024
Recordable crash rate
0.00
per million miles
How far they run · drivers by operating lane
  • Interstate · <100 mi7 drivers
Company officer
NICHOLAS BACHAND
Operation
Interstate · Hazmat
Registered since
2006-04-07
Last MCS-150 update
2025-08-20
Census status
Active

Fleet: 8 trucks.

Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.

Connections

carrier graph

This carrier shares addresses, officers or emails with 8 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

8
Connected carriers
0
Fleet-transfer links
0
Most shared VINs
8
Strong links
Strong· 8
1
800 ROAD AID INC
USDOT 3121356Active· STERLING HTS, MI
Strong
Officer
2
CITY WIDE TOWING INC
USDOT 2048760Active· DETROIT, MI
Strong
OfficerMailingEmail
3
DETROIT CLEAN SCENE LLC
USDOT 2856760Active· DETROIT, MI
Strong
Email
4
E & G TOWING LLC
USDOT 3912361Active· DETROIT, MI
Strong
Email
5
JAVION & SAMS TWENTY FOUR HOUR TOWING SERVICE INC
USDOT 2048667Active· DETROIT, MI
Strong
Email
6
OFFICIAL TOWING INC
USDOT 526948Active· SAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI
Strong
Email
7
SCRAP METAL PROCESSING LLC
USDOT 2557186Active· DETROIT, MI
Strong
Officer
8
TROY AUTO-BANS INC
USDOT 2065127Active· DETROIT, MI
Strong
Email

Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.

Activity history

5 events
  1. 08/20/2025MCS-150 update filed

    0.1M mi reported (2024)

  2. 07/29/2022MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
  3. 07/21/2022Insurance filed — MICHIGAN MILLERS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy C0508990

  4. 11/26/2021MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — DISMISSED
  5. 04/07/2006Registered with FMCSA

    AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.

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Operations

Classification

  • AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Area served

  • Interstate
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FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Not rated
Type
—
Rated
—
Last review
—
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MCS-150 registration

Form date
2025-08-20
Reported mileage
89,243 mi (2024)
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Changes on file

FMCSA census history
  1. July, 2022

    • Fleet shrank to 7 power units
  2. May, 2021

    • Drivers shrank to 7
  3. January, 2021

    First on-record entry — GENE'S TOWING, DETROIT, MI

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Data sourced from public FMCSA records via safer.fmcsa.dot.gov · Latest FMCSA update: Sep 2026 · Page refreshed: Sep 25, 2026, 1:28 PM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.