Roadside Inspection 80762215

Roadside inspection on Feb 5, 2024 in Connecticut • Carrier: MINONOS TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 3372241) • Vehicle: HINO STRAIGHT TRUCK

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80762215
Date:
Feb 5, 2024
State:
Connecticut
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
UNION SCALE
Vehicle:
HINO Conventional Type Truck STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
XNVK44 (NJ)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service and Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 5.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2024, 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 Connecticut
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 7,721 Level 3 inspections in Connecticut during 2024
vs typical at UNION SCALE
2
On par with station median (2)
Median of 1,799 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 938,340 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 4.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2024
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(a)(1) (Not using the appropriate method to record hours of service, severity weight 5). (395.8(a)(1))

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 5PVNJ8JV962S50085 NJ XNVK44 HINO Conventional Type Truck 2006

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8(a)(1) Not using the appropriate method to record hours of service 5 Hours of Service 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
81172893 Mar 21, 2024 NJ L3 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88043447 Jun 4, 2026 NJ L3 5PVNJ8JV962S50085
86052380 Oct 8, 2025 NY L1 5PVNJ8JV962S50085 OOS
85795979 Sep 10, 2025 NY L3 5PVNJ8JV962S50085 OOS
84116092 Mar 13, 2025 US L1 5PVNJ8JV962S50085
83918549 Feb 19, 2025 RI L3 5PVNJ8JV962S50085

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