Carrier profile · USDOT 697963 · MC-323231 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TOTAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICE INC

35 power unitsavg 8.4 yrLocal · 1 statesCYPRESS, CA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-323231 ACTIVE
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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 25.5%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 — 47 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · 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 17.2 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

59 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 35-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
60
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 5, 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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 27 total · 3 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252021
20221001
20213003
20192002
20182012
20172002
20143033
20131010
20123003
20112012
20101011
20091001
20061001
20031001
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 14, 2026CA01Yes
Apr 22, 2025CA03Yes
Jan 9, 2025CA01No
May 27, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 8, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 9, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 2, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 15, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 8, 2019CA00Yes
Oct 3, 2018CA00Yes
Jun 23, 2018CA01Yes
Aug 30, 2017CA00Yes
Jan 18, 2017CA00Yes
Oct 23, 2014CA02Yes
Oct 17, 2014CA01Yes
Jan 9, 2014CA01Yes
Apr 18, 2013CA01No
Nov 13, 2012CA00Yes
Jun 8, 2012CA00Yes
May 27, 2012CA00Yes
May 9, 2011CA06Yes
Feb 16, 2011CA00Yes
Mar 8, 2010CA02Yes
Apr 11, 2009CA00Yes
May 11, 2006CA00Yes