Roadside Inspection 88962290

Roadside inspection on Sep 9, 2026 in Tennessee • Carrier: TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC (USDOT 90882) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88962290
Date:
Sep 9, 2026
State:
Tennessee
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
MOHAWK TN
Operating authority:
MC115831
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNR TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
NV5488 (NC)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 8.

Compared to the median Level 1 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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.57 violations per inspection across 1,070 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Tennessee
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 23,756 Level 1 inspections in Tennessee during 2026
vs typical at MOHAWK TN
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 4,536 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 431,349 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
66%
274 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
20
19 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
52
36 violations · 6 OOS · 0.69 per inspection
Prior 365 days
274
172 violations · 30 OOS · 0.63 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 4V4WC9EG3PN302296 NC NV5488 VOLVO TRUCK VNR 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5HTSP432675W86272 NC AY98234 HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL
Ticket: Unknown
Heil Trailer International 2007

Violations Cited

1 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

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
88942136 Sep 8, 2026 SC L3 BLACKSBURG SC 1
88941202 Sep 8, 2026 SC L3 WEST COLUMBIA SC 0
88935152 Sep 8, 2026 SC L2 LEXINGTON SC 3
88933180 Sep 8, 2026 NC L1 MARS HILL NC 0
88931098 Sep 8, 2026 NC L2 HILLSBOROUGH NC 1 OOS
88924314 Sep 7, 2026 NC L3 SANFORD NC 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87835119 May 13, 2026 SC L1 4V4WC9EG3PN302296
79607779 Sep 7, 2023 NC L3 4V4WC9EG3PN302296
79145115 Jul 14, 2023 NC L3 4V4WC9EG3PN302296

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