Carrier profile · USDOT 2420086 · MC-833484 · Updated Jul 23, 2026

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21 power unitsavg 3.8 yrRegional · 4 statesMILPITAS, CA81/100
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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 26.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 6.7 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 7

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 21-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
48%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
55%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 25, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
18False logs
2Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 2 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242102
20233113
20222002
20212002
20203003
20192022
20181001
20171001
20162002
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 9, 2024CA10Yes
Oct 3, 2024AZ00Yes
Sep 22, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 7, 2023KY10Yes
Feb 22, 2023WI01Yes
Dec 1, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 13, 2022WY00Yes
Oct 1, 2021IA00Yes
Jun 27, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 19, 2020NV00Yes
Feb 11, 2020NM00Yes
Jan 1, 2020WY00Yes
Nov 30, 2019WY01Yes
Sep 21, 2019CA02Yes
May 27, 2018AR00Yes
Apr 16, 2017TX00Yes
Dec 3, 2016TX00Yes
Apr 21, 2016AZ00Yes
Nov 12, 2004NM00Yes