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Roadside Inspection 79488376

Roadside inspection on Aug 22, 2023 in California • Carrier: VALEX TRUCKING INC (USDOT 3359321) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
79488376
Date:
Aug 22, 2023
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
CASTAIC IF
Carrier (USDOT):
VALEX TRUCKING INC (3359321)
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
9E38175 (CA)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 0.

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 Level 3 median in California
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 50,763 Level 3 inspections in California during 2023
vs typical at CASTAIC IF
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 4,189 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
2
2 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
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 392.2 (Violation of Local Laws - Explain:, severity weight 0). (392.2)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1FUJGLCKXBLAP7454 CA 9E38175 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2011 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1C951624TP389241 CA 4PT5803 Cpst — — —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2 Violation of Local Laws - Explain: — Unsafe Driving 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
79926561 Oct 16, 2023 CA L2 — 2 OOS
79911731 Oct 13, 2023 CA L3 CASTAIC CVEF 1 —
79847437 Oct 5, 2023 CA L3 CASTAIC IF 1 —
79776678 Sep 26, 2023 CA L2 — 9 —
79724270 Sep 21, 2023 CA L2 SANTA CLARITA 5 —
79690953 Sep 15, 2023 CA L2 SANTA CLARITA 6 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
81437847 Apr 23, 2024 CA L3 1C951624TP389241 —
81437847 Apr 23, 2024 CA L3 1FUJGLCKXBLAP7454 —
79203903 Jul 20, 2023 CA L2 1C951624TP389241 —
79203903 Jul 20, 2023 CA L2 1FUJGLCKXBLAP7454 —
79142099 Jul 13, 2023 CA L2 1C951624TP389241 OOS
79142099 Jul 13, 2023 CA L2 1FUJGLCKXBLAP7454 OOS

Carrier booking & risk tools

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