Roadside Inspection 80007650

Roadside inspection on Oct 24, 2023 in Michigan • Carrier: JOE BALLOR TOWING INC (USDOT 345269) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L2
Units Inspected
3
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80007650
Date:
Oct 24, 2023
State:
Michigan
Type:
Units inspected:
3
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Reported location:
US-10 W/B @ S. HAWKINS RD
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 389 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
BD29112 (MI)

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 7.

Compared to the median Level 2 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 2 median in Michigan
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 11,762 Level 2 inspections in Michigan during 2023

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 642,260 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 25.2%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 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 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

3 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1NPXL40XXKD268696 MI BD29112 PETERBILT 389 2019
2 SEMI-TRAILER 40FWK6959W1016137 MI A083376 TALBERT TALBERT 2028
3 DOLLY CONVERTER 1E9304252AE11108 MI E808768 Etny

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8(f)(1) Driver’s record of duty status not current 5 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

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
80276919 Nov 30, 2023 MI L3 1
80071896 Nov 1, 2023 MI L3 0
79967590 Oct 19, 2023 MI L3 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86016425 Oct 8, 2025 MI L3 1E9304252AE11108
86016425 Oct 8, 2025 MI L3 1NPXL40XXKD268696
83567089 Jan 8, 2025 MI L2 1E9304252AE11108
83567089 Jan 8, 2025 MI L2 1NPXL40XXKD268696
82345912 Aug 8, 2024 MI L2 1NPXL40XXKD268696
82345912 Aug 8, 2024 MI L2 40FWK6959W1016137

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