Carrier profile · USDOT 2130389 · MC-761731 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PLANT SOURCE INC

4 power unitsavg 6.6 yrRegional · 3 statesSAN MARCOS, CA57/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-761731 INACTIVE
Verified linksplantsourceinc.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 15.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 13 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 11.6 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 3

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
4
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
47%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.95 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jan 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20231001
20202002
20191001
20182012
20171001
20142012
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 5, 2024SC01Yes
Apr 14, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 24, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 20, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 18, 2019AZ00Yes
Jul 27, 2018CA02Yes
Jul 10, 2018CA00Yes
Jun 30, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 17, 2014CA03Yes
Jan 13, 2014CA00Yes
Nov 9, 2012CA00Yes