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Roadside Inspection 89258981

Roadside inspection on Oct 14, 2026 in North Carolina • Carrier: SMITH-ROWE LLC (USDOT 399154) • Vehicle: PETERBILT STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89258981
Date:
Oct 14, 2026
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
BURLINGTON NC
Carrier (USDOT):
SMITH-ROWE LLC (399154)
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 567 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
VW9570 (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 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
1
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.37 violations per inspection across 197 prior records
vs Level 2 median in North Carolina
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 27,387 Level 2 inspections in North Carolina during 2026
vs typical at BURLINGTON NC
1
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 87 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
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 663,174 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)
87%
69 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
4
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
19
2 violations · 1 OOS · 0.11 per inspection
Prior 365 days
69
14 violations · 3 OOS · 0.20 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (2 violations across 19 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.37 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

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1NPCX4TXXTD782659 NC VW9570 PETERBILT 567 2026 —

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
89255903 Oct 14, 2026 NC L3 HAW RIVER NC 0 —
89246156 Oct 13, 2026 NC L3 GRAHAM NC 0 —
89220167 Oct 9, 2026 NC L2 BURLINGTON NC 0 —
89193540 Oct 7, 2026 NC L1 REIDSVILLE NC 0 —
89125171 Sep 29, 2026 NC L3 LUMBERTON NC 0 —
88970946 Sep 11, 2026 NC L3 WINSTON SALEM NC 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87030001 Feb 12, 2026 NC L2 1NPCX4TXXTD782659 —
84164731 Mar 19, 2025 KY L3 1NPCX4TXXTD782659 —

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