Carrier profile · USDOT 1171546 · MC-469843 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Paul Express Inc

7 power unitsavg 9.6 yrRegional · 7 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA62/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-469843 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 21.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

62.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 67.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 19
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

85%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

34%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

94%

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

2False logs

1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	0	1	2
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2014	1	1	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	1	1
2007	4	0	2	4

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 19, 2025	OK	0	1	Yes
Jan 28, 2025	OH	0	0	Yes
Mar 9, 2022	CA	0	0	Yes
Jul 25, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
Apr 29, 2019	AZ	0	0	Yes
Nov 28, 2014	MO	1	0	Yes
Sep 19, 2011	IN	0	0	Yes
May 13, 2010	OH	0	0	Yes
Dec 23, 2008	IL	0	1	Yes
Dec 18, 2007	CA	0	0	Yes
Dec 9, 2007	TX	0	2	Yes
Oct 14, 2007	MO	0	0	Yes
Jul 5, 2007	OH	0	1	Yes