Carrier profile · USDOT 3179773 · MC-125347 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

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61 power unitsavg 9 yrMulti-region · 14 statesTECATE, CA88/100
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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 17.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 225 vehicle and 309 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.2% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 2.4 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

309 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 24

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
≈2.6 / 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
61
Inspections · 24 mo
323
Annualized
≈162 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving173 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance40 · 12 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance34 · 17 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 21 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

91 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

55ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
13False logs
6Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 22 total · 8 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20251011
20244124
20233113
20225144
20214014
20201010
20191011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 19, 2026CA01Yes
Feb 14, 2026NM00Yes
Jan 21, 2026IA07Yes
Aug 16, 2025AZ01Yes
Oct 31, 2024CA10Yes
Oct 17, 2024NV02Yes
Sep 7, 2024CA01Yes
Aug 31, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 5, 2023CA11Yes
Jun 22, 2023CA00Yes
May 1, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 16, 2022LA01Yes
Jun 25, 2022NM10No
Apr 22, 2022TX02Yes
Mar 11, 2022NM01Yes
Feb 16, 2022AZ02Yes
Dec 16, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 21, 2021CA01Yes
Nov 9, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 6, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 31, 2020TX01No
Dec 13, 2019CA01Yes