Carrier profile · USDOT 1940137 · MC-691696 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Prime Time Transport Inc

15 power unitsavg 5.7 yrRegional · 7 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA69/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-691696 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.4 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 6

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 52 total · 1 in 24 mo

52
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20232012
20221001
20207026
20197057
20182012
20176045
20163003
20156026
20144004
20133023
20124024
20112012
20103013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 23, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 17, 2024VA00Yes
Dec 29, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 3, 2023MD00Yes
Nov 24, 2022AZ00Yes
Dec 17, 2020TN01No
Nov 4, 2020AZ00Yes
Nov 2, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 6, 2020CA00Yes
May 8, 2020OK00Yes
Mar 5, 2020IL02Yes
Jan 16, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 31, 2019NM01Yes
Apr 8, 2019CA01Yes
Mar 21, 2019NM00Yes
Mar 21, 2019NM00Yes
Mar 3, 2019MO01Yes
Feb 25, 2019CA02Yes
Jan 21, 2019OH02Yes
Nov 19, 2018OH00Yes
Jun 22, 2018OK01Yes
Aug 12, 2017OH00Yes
Jun 6, 2017PA00Yes
Apr 25, 2017TX01No
Apr 25, 2017TX01Yes