Finster Courier Incorporated
DBA ELITE EXPRESS
Safety
Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
518 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 31
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.
- Registered power units
- 199
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 526
- Annualized
- ≈263 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving154 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance70 · 58 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance56 · 14 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance48 · 15 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance41 · 3 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance34 · 8 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance33 · 2 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
131 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 130 total · 11 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 1, 2026 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2026 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2024 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2024 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 16, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2023 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2022 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2022 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |