Roadside Inspection 81129036

Roadside inspection on Mar 13, 2024 in Alaska • Carrier: ROBERT RIDDLE (USDOT 1698191) • Vehicle: WESTERN STAR TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
1
25% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
81129036
Date:
Mar 13, 2024
State:
Alaska
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
RICHARDSON IB WEIGH STATION
Carrier (USDOT):
ROBERT RIDDLE (1698191)
Vehicle:
WESTERN STAR 4900 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
KJH736 (AK)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 20.

Compared to the median Level 1 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 this carrier's typical
4
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.89 violations per inspection across 28 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Alaska
4
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 1,785 Level 1 inspections in Alaska during 2024
vs typical at RICHARDSON IB WEIGH STATION
4
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 709 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
4
3 more than the median (1)
Compared to 713,681 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 25.7%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
18%
28 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
2
5 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
9
11 violations · 4 OOS · 1.22 per inspection
Prior 365 days
28
53 violations · 11 OOS · 1.89 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 391.15(a) (Driving a CMV while disqualified, severity weight 8). (391.15(a))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 5KJJAED14KPKC3538 AK KJH736 WESTERN STAR 4900 2019
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1W91S48212M077924 AK 8826SL WILKENS MANUFACTURING
Ticket: Worh
Wilkens Manufacturing 2002

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
391.15(a) Driving a CMV while disqualified 8 Driver Fitness OOS
393.45(b)(2) Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.47(e) Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.53(b) CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear 4 Vehicle Maintenance

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
81229547 Mar 24, 2024 AK L2 RICHARDSON OB WEIGH STATION 0
81175859 Mar 19, 2024 AK L3 RICHARDSON OB WEIGH STATION 1
81086954 Mar 11, 2024 AK L2 RICHARDSON IB WEIGH STATION 2 OOS
80919092 Feb 21, 2024 AK L2 FOX WEIGH STATION 3 OOS
80781440 Feb 5, 2024 AK L3 RICHARDSON OB WEIGH STATION 0
80695587 Jan 25, 2024 AK L2 RICHARDSON IB WEIGH STATION 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85692858 Sep 5, 2025 AK L1 1W91S48212M077924
81175859 Mar 19, 2024 AK L3 5KJJAED14KPKC3538
80028870 Oct 26, 2023 AK L2 5KJJAED14KPKC3538 OOS
78442230 Apr 24, 2023 AK L3 5KJJAED14KPKC3538

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