Carrier profile · USDOT 230226 · MC-166374 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

Hot Dogger Tours Inc

DBA GOLD COAST TOURS

0 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 3 statesBREA, CA82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-166374 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksgoldcoasttours.comFMCSA SAFER

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 7.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 55 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.2% · 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

56 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 14

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
official FMCSA
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
2%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.91 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 37 total · 2 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241011
20193033
20183133
20171001
20163023
20151011
20143033
20131001
20112012
20092012
20082002
20072012
20041001
20031010
20022121
20011001
20002012
19991011
19951010
19932002
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 28, 2025CA01Yes
Aug 25, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 10, 2019CA03Yes
May 4, 2019CA01Yes
Feb 9, 2019CA01Yes
May 28, 2018CA22Yes
May 3, 2018CA01Yes
Mar 22, 2018CA01Yes
Jul 26, 2017CA00Yes
Dec 20, 2016CA01Yes
Sep 25, 2016CA01Yes
Jan 2, 2016CA00Yes
May 14, 2015CA01Yes
Sep 21, 2014LA01Yes
May 14, 2014CA01Yes
Apr 5, 2014CA01Yes
Sep 10, 2013CA00Yes
Jun 27, 2011CA00Yes
Jan 14, 2011CA01Yes
Sep 28, 2009CA00Yes
Apr 7, 2009CA02Yes
Nov 4, 2008CA00Yes
Feb 18, 2008CA00Yes
Jul 19, 2007CA01Yes
Mar 18, 2007CA00Yes