Carrier profile · USDOT 618157 · MC-328428 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

L A PREP INC

16 power unitsavg 10.7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSIGNAL HILL, CA74/100

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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 40.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 18.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 18.3 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 2

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 16-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 16
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

.03measure

SMS · per-BASIC

70%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

38%

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 18, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 3 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2019		2	0	2	2
2016		1	0	1	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 9, 2019	CA	2	Yes
Dec 9, 2019	CA	2	Yes
Jun 20, 2016	CA	1	Yes