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Company CheckL A PREP INC · DOT 618157

2700 SIGNAL PARKWAY, SIGNAL HILL, CA, 90755

DOT# 618157 MC# 328428 Signal Hill, California 28 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Jul 29, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Apr 16, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 11, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 18, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Feb 25, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 31, 2024
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address2700 SIGNAL PARKWAY, SIGNAL HILL, CA, 90755

Mailing Address2700 SIGNAL PARKWAY, SIGNAL HILL, CA, 90755

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC328428

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating28 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 1.33 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .03 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 1.19 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4.25 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage500,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS15.4% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review06/29/2018

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/17/2026

CompanyARCH INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #RMAUT0170100

Last checked07/28/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet16 units

Drivers12

Mileage500,000 mi

Operating28 years

MCS-15010/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total13

Out of Service2

OOS Rate15.4%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service2

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 06/29/2018

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

6 · 1 OOS -

2024

4 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

6 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

5 · 2 OOS =

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Apr 2026, 11 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (36.4% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

14 roadside violations across 11 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 violations · 2 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 2 violations · 2 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (21)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/16/2026	US	Driver-Only (Level III)	EL RENO OK	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CARSON CVEF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/18/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	SANDERS AZ	2	2	0	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
02/25/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAN ONOFRE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DESERT HILLS IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/22/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DU PONT WA	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/15/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	CORBIN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	S.R. 0076 EB MM 188.4 METAL TW	3	1	3	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GREENFIELD IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/18/2025	CT	Driver-Only (Level III)	UNION SCALE	5	0	5	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/10/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	NEEDLES AREA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/27/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	02 - I80 EB MM 115 VAN METER	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/16/2024	NM	Full (Level I)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2024	NV	Full (Level I)	SLOAN CHECKSITE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	CARSON SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/30/2023	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-94 EB GRASS LAKE SCALES	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2023	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/09/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I70	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/06/2023	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SC33 BOW HILL (POE)	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/03/2023	UT	Full (Level I)	MONTICELLO PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections12

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	72 UEN CL7330	$750,000	11/15/2024	01/01/2025	Replaced
34	CARGO	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	72 MSP KA1011	$0	11/07/1997	01/01/1998	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	72 UUN CB6202	$1,000,000	06/22/2021	05/01/2024	Replaced
91	BIPD	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	72 UEN CL7330	$0	05/01/2024	05/01/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	72 UEN CL7330	$750,000	05/01/2024	11/15/2024	Cancelled
84	SURETY	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	72 UEN CL7330	$0	05/01/2024	11/15/2024	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	72 MS GJ 49 40	$0	01/01/1998	03/28/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	72UUNGJ4405	$1,000,000	01/01/1998	06/22/2021	Cancelled
91	BIPD	CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	C 145158957	$0	01/01/1997	01/01/1998	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC328428	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/23/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/21/2010
MC328428	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/21/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/31/2024
MC328428	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/06/1998	-	-

No revocation records.

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90/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 90

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 15.3846% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 15.3846% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Mileage

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Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (21)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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