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Roadside Inspection 79070813

Roadside inspection on Jun 29, 2023 in Georgia • Carrier: MET EXPRESS INC (USDOT 3885269) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
1
25% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
79070813
Date:
Jun 29, 2023
State:
Georgia
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
TWO LANE RURAL ROAD
Carrier (USDOT):
MET EXPRESS INC (3885269)
Operating authority:
MC1426689
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P811309 (IN)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 16.

Compared to the median Level 3 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
4
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.74 violations per inspection across 62 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Georgia
4
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 29,971 Level 3 inspections in Georgia during 2023
vs typical at TWO LANE RURAL ROAD
4
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,352 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
4
4 more than the median (0)
Compared to 637,721 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 4.8%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2023
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
47%
62 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
29
18 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
62
46 violations · 4 OOS · 0.74 per inspection
Prior 365 days
62
46 violations · 4 OOS · 0.74 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 391.11(b)(4) (Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has self-certified as excepted interstate or excepted intrastate with the state driver's licensing agency., severity weight 2). (391.11(b)(4))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1FUJHHDRXLLKW3614 IN P811309 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2020 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1GRAP062XFD454482 IN 3387642 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers 1985 —

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.3(a)(2) Driving beyond 11-hour driving limit 7 Hours of Service —
395.3(a)(3)(ii) Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty, off duty, or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes 7 Hours of Service —
391.11(b)(4) Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has self-certified as excepted interstate or excepted intrastate with the state driver's licensing agency. 2 Driver Fitness OOS
392.2 Violation of Local Laws - Explain: — Unsafe Driving —

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
79537001 Aug 28, 2023 OH L3 WADSWORTH SCALES 0 —
79503280 Aug 25, 2023 MD L1 — 0 —
79508316 Aug 24, 2023 OH L2 PREBLE SCALES 0 —
79499969 Aug 23, 2023 PA L3 — 1 —
79497447 Aug 23, 2023 OH L1 HUBBARD SCALE 1 —
79479578 Aug 22, 2023 MA L3 H-LEXINGTON 1 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
79237636 Jul 21, 2023 PA L3 1GRAP062XFD454482 —

Carrier booking & risk tools

Check booking and risk signals for USDOT 3885269 — tools open pre-filled.

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