Carrier profile · USDOT 1474484 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Four Seasons Food Distributors Inc

DBA CHINGTAO CORP

23 power unitsavg 8.7 yrLocal · 2 statesHOUSTON, TX75/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 27.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 23.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 5

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
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
20 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
96%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness12 · 12 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness8 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241001
20231001
20223013
20211001
20191011
20163003
20151001
20121001
20091011
20071001
20061011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 19, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 22, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 2, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 15, 2022LA01Yes
Nov 18, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 19, 2022TX00Yes
Dec 8, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 9, 2019LA01Yes
Nov 25, 2016TX00Yes
Nov 3, 2016TX00Yes
Jul 2, 2016TX00Yes
Oct 12, 2015TX00Yes
Mar 27, 2012TX00Yes
Dec 28, 2009LA02Yes
Dec 13, 2007TX00Yes
Nov 13, 2006TX03Yes