Carrier profile · USDOT 510191 · MC-197775 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ernest Prouty & Sons Inc

2 power unitsavg 11.3 yrLocal · 1 statesTURLOCK, CA68/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-197775 INACTIVE
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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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 50.0 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 1

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 2-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
2
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
19.66measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 15 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 52 total · 0 in 24 mo

52
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20223003
20213013
20191001
20181001
20172002
20161011
20151001
20131001
20112002
20102012
20092002
20082012
20072122
20064014
20052002
20043013
20031001
20022002
20012002
20003003
19995015
19983013
19972012
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 8, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 26, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 6, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 13, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 29, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 5, 2021CA00Yes
Aug 5, 2021CA02Yes
Nov 10, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 6, 2018CA00Yes
Jul 26, 2017CA00Yes
Jul 20, 2017CA00Yes
Aug 16, 2016CA01Yes
Jul 6, 2015CA00Yes
Aug 20, 2013CA00Yes
Jun 24, 2011CA00Yes
Apr 18, 2011CA00Yes
Jul 2, 2010CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2010CA02Yes
Sep 14, 2009CA00Yes
Aug 31, 2009CA00Yes
Aug 8, 2008CA00Yes
Jan 14, 2008CA01Yes
Nov 3, 2007CA232Yes
Jul 6, 2007CA02Yes
Jul 14, 2006CA00Yes