Roadside Inspection 89017492

Roadside inspection on Sep 15, 2026 in Alabama • Carrier: VENTURE EXPRESS INC (USDOT 192068) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89017492
Date:
Sep 15, 2026
State:
Alabama
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
HEFLIN AL
Carrier (USDOT):
VENTURE EXPRESS INC (192068)
Operating authority:
MC151894
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
W7173HY (TN)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 13.

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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.67 violations per inspection across 2,014 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Alabama
3
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 14,056 Level 2 inspections in Alabama during 2026
vs typical at HEFLIN AL
3
On par with station median (3)
Median of 1,593 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
3
2 more than the median (1)
Compared to 597,431 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 29.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
63%
646 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
43
34 violations · 10 OOS
Prior 90 days
153
117 violations · 28 OOS · 0.76 per inspection
Prior 365 days
646
404 violations · 101 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 3AKJHLDV2NSNB9179 TN W7173HY FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1DW1A5323GS627408 TN U695924 STOUGHTON TRAILERS Stoughton Trailers 2016

Violations Cited

3 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
393.55E-B Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1, 1998. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
395.22H4-ELDBRODS HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids sufficient to record the driver's duty status and other related information for a minimum of 8 days. 1 Hours of Service

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
89033753 Sep 18, 2026 MS L2 OKTIBBEHA COUNTY MS 2 OOS
89016849 Sep 17, 2026 MS L1 KEWANEE SCALE I-59 & I-20 WEST 4 OOS
89028120 Sep 16, 2026 TN L3 GALLATIN TN 0
89012288 Sep 16, 2026 KY L1 HENDERSON KY 7 OOS
89007165 Sep 15, 2026 TN L2 MANCHESTER TN 2 OOS
89007191 Sep 14, 2026 TN L3 FRANKLIN TN 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85318561 Jul 25, 2025 SC L3 1DW1A5323GS627408
82332535 Aug 1, 2024 DE L3 1DW1A5323GS627408
80637333 Jan 18, 2024 NC L2 3AKJHLDV2NSNB9179

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