Roadside Inspection 88545256

Roadside inspection on Jul 27, 2026 in South Carolina • Carrier: CARRIERS DIRECT INC (USDOT 2158633) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
7
OOS Violations
2
29% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88545256
Date:
Jul 27, 2026
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
7
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
LEXINGTON SC
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 579 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P928543 (SC)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 37.

Compared to the median Level 2 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a more severe than typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
7
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 2.03 violations per inspection across 109 prior records
vs Level 2 median in South Carolina
7
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 6,776 Level 2 inspections in South Carolina during 2026
vs typical at LEXINGTON SC
7
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,876 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
7
6 more than the median (1)
Compared to 546,405 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
29%
28 inspections in the trailing 12 months
Computed from this carrier's inspection history

Carrier trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
2
10 violations · 0 OOS · 5.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
28
72 violations · 6 OOS · 2.57 per inspection
Honest opinion

An out-of-service order is one of the most consequential outcomes a roadside inspection can produce — the most heavily-weighted OOS citation here was 393.75A3-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XPBD49X8KD272309 SC P928543 PETERBILT 579 2019
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5C2BR40B0MM011605 SC 115217PT CLEMENT INDUSTRIES Clement 2021

Violations Cited

7 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9A-LHWS Lighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LRLI Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LSLI Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LTSIR Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit 6 Vehicle Maintenance
392.2-SLLLR State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation. 3 Unsafe Driving
393.23-LEU Lighting - All electrical systems on towed vehicle(s) inoperative due to no electrical connection (e.g., unplugged or looose pigtail). 2 Vehicle Maintenance OOS

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
88798313 Aug 25, 2026 SC L1 AIKEN SC 3 OOS
88777592 Aug 24, 2026 SC L1 5
88711134 Aug 14, 2026 FL L3 2 OOS
88201796 Jun 19, 2026 FL L3 7

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87223657 Mar 5, 2026 SC L3 5C2BR40B0MM011605
85958243 Sep 30, 2025 SC L2 5C2BR40B0MM011605
85958243 Sep 30, 2025 SC L2 5C2BR40B0MM011605
83400038 Dec 9, 2024 GA L3 5C2BR40B0MM011605
82692929 Sep 18, 2024 SC L3 5C2BR40B0MM011605
81779630 Jun 3, 2024 WV L2 1XPBD49X8KD272309 OOS
80767862 Feb 3, 2024 SC L3 1XPBD49X8KD272309
79757700 Sep 23, 2023 GA L3 5C2BR40B0MM011605

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