VBW HAULING LLC
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
17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 2
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
- 5
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 17
- Annualized
- ≈9 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.7 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.
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 23 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving43 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness6 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
- 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 36 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 10 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2023 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2020 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 26, 2020 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2018 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2017 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2017 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2016 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2013 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2013 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |