Roadside Inspection 79079928

Roadside inspection on Jul 6, 2023 in New Jersey • Carrier: MIKE'S WHOLESALE BAIT INC (USDOT 397331) • Vehicle: ISUZU STRAIGHT TRUCK

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
79079928
Date:
Jul 6, 2023
State:
New Jersey
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
KNOWLTON SCALE
Vehicle:
ISUZU NPR STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
7DD2676 (MD)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 7.

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 Level 1 median in New Jersey
3
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 10,474 Level 1 inspections in New Jersey during 2023
vs typical at KNOWLTON SCALE
3
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 508 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
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 393.41 (No or defective parking brake system on CMV, severity weight 4). (393.41)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK JALB4W178H7F00147 MD 7DD2676 ISUZU NPR 2017

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.41 No or defective parking brake system on CMV 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9(a) Inoperable required lamps 3 Vehicle Maintenance
391.41(a)(1) 391.41(a)(1) Driver Fitness

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
79576997 Sep 2, 2023 MD L1 1
79576782 Sep 2, 2023 MD L1 1
79503120 Aug 25, 2023 MD L2 QUEEN ANNES COUNTY 1
79427023 Aug 17, 2023 MD L2 WICOMICO COUNTY 2
79381298 Aug 11, 2023 MD L2 0
79370843 Aug 10, 2023 MD L1 HARFORD COUNTY 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88450547 Jul 17, 2026 MD L2 JALB4W178H7F00147 OOS
85837529 Sep 19, 2025 SC L3 JALB4W178H7F00147
85327640 Jul 21, 2025 MD L1 JALB4W178H7F00147
82814323 Oct 2, 2024 MD L2 JALB4W178H7F00147
82441766 Aug 21, 2024 DE L2 JALB4W178H7F00147
81138197 Mar 16, 2024 NJ L1 JALB4W178H7F00147
79193274 Jul 20, 2023 MD L1 JALB4W178H7F00147

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