SCALES EXPRESS INC
DBA SCALES
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
311 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 26
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
- 205
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 316
- Annualized
- ≈158 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 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 Driving105 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 34 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
67 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 175 total · 24 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2026 | GA | 0 | 6 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2026 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2026 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2026 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2025 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2025 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 8, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2025 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2024 | FL | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2024 | FL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |