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Legal: POTOMAC GERMAN AUTO INC
Risk factors
Low riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20266 inspections · 14 violations (8 OOS) · 83.3% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Violations by BASIC
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Top cited codes
score = count × severity weight
- 1393.128B-CLWVVehicle Maint.2 OOS
Light Weight Vehicles - Improper securement of automobiles, light trucks, and vans
14
2× · sev 7
- 2393.128(b)(1)Vehicle Maint.1 OOS
Vehicle not secured, front and rear
7
1× · sev 7
- 3393.17B2-LTSDMVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Lighting - Turn signal - Driveaway - any missing.
6
1× · sev 6
- 4393.9A-LHWSVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative
6
1× · sev 6
- 5393.9A-LSLIVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative.
6
1× · sev 6
- 6393.9A-LTSIRVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit
6
1× · sev 6
- 7393.40F-BNPBVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Brake - Inoperative or missing parking/emergency brake on power unit
4
1× · sev 4
- 8393.71H10-CDDSDMVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Coupling - Driveaway, safety devices missing
3
1× · sev 3
- 9393.71H10-CDDSDNSVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Coupling - Driveaway, safety devices not attached/not able to be secured
3
1× · sev 3
- 10393.9A-LCLVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative
2
1× · sev 2
Most inspected in · top 1 states
- MD6
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusPRIVATE PROPERTY
- Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Interstate · <100 mi5 drivers
- Intrastate · <100 mi2 drivers
- Company officer
- DOMINICK ZARCONE
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 1998-10-23
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2023-09-07
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 7 trucks.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, officers or emails with 43 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
This carrier’s phone is shared by many carriers (likely a dispatch/registration service), so phone links are omitted. Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
2 events- 09/07/2023MCS-150 update filed
0.1M mi reported (2022)
- 10/23/1998Registered with FMCSA
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- PRIVATE PROPERTY
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2023-09-07
- Reported mileage
- 65,652 mi (2022)
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