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Roadside Inspection 78481584

Roadside inspection on Apr 26, 2023 in California • Carrier: RAI EXPRESS LINES LTD (USDOT 970090) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
78481584
Date:
Apr 26, 2023
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
COTTONWOOD IF
Operating authority:
MC414034
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
66472P (BC)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 4.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2023, 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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.15 violations per inspection across 13 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
3
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 152,523 Level 1 inspections in California during 2023
vs typical at COTTONWOOD IF
3
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 754 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
3
2 more than the median (1)
Compared to 536,564 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 24.6%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2023
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
83%
12 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
12
2 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
12
2 violations · 1 OOS · 0.17 per inspection
Prior 365 days
12
2 violations · 1 OOS · 0.17 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 395.8(e)(1) (Making, or permitting a driver to make, a false report regarding duty status, severity weight 0). (395.8(e)(1))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR8NSMV7596 BC 66472P FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2022 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1UYVS2530M7370703 BC 67333J UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturer 2021 —

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.24(d) ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically 3 Hours of Service —
395.30(b)(1) Driver failed to certify the accuracy of the information gathered by the ELD 1 Hours of Service —
395.8(e)(1) Making, or permitting a driver to make, a false report regarding duty status — Hours of Service 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
78984121 Jun 24, 2023 MT L2 BROADUS 0 —
78984297 Jun 23, 2023 OR L3 — 0 —
78963261 Jun 21, 2023 CA L1 COTTONWOOD CVEF 2 —
78959612 Jun 21, 2023 PA L3 — 1 —
78959038 Jun 20, 2023 MT L2 BROADUS 0 —
78937055 Jun 19, 2023 MT L3 BILLINGS EB SCALE 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89013872 Sep 16, 2026 CA L3 3AKJHHDR8NSMV7596 —
88942938 Sep 8, 2026 MT L3 1UYVS2530M7370703 —
88460851 Jul 20, 2026 CA L3 3AKJHHDR8NSMV7596 —
88155476 Jun 15, 2026 CA L1 3AKJHHDR8NSMV7596 —
87217464 Mar 2, 2026 CA L2 3AKJHHDR8NSMV7596 —
87143934 Feb 21, 2026 WA L1 1UYVS2530M7370703 OOS
86741795 Dec 28, 2025 CA L2 3AKJHHDR8NSMV7596 —
86563028 Dec 9, 2025 MT L3 1UYVS2530M7370703 —

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Recent activity at COTTONWOOD IF

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