Roadside Inspection 81148748

Roadside inspection on Mar 14, 2024 in Arizona • Carrier: PL TRANS INC (USDOT 3724904) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
2
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
81148748
Date:
Mar 14, 2024
State:
Arizona
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
DOUGLAS AZ
Carrier (USDOT):
PL TRANS INC (3724904)
Operating authority:
MC1312592
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P1127521 (NY)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 14.

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 this carrier's typical
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.19 violations per inspection across 709 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Arizona
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 21,589 Level 3 inspections in Arizona during 2024
vs typical at DOUGLAS AZ
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 404 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
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
40%
709 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
94
114 violations · 20 OOS
Prior 90 days
247
252 violations · 41 OOS · 1.02 per inspection
Prior 365 days
709
843 violations · 139 OOS · 1.19 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 395.8E-HOSPDOOS (HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain:, severity weight 7). (395.8E-HOSPDOOS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR7PSNV1570 NY P1127521 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532C9LR166587 TN 449021T HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2020

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8E-HOSPDOOS HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain: 7 Hours of Service OOS
395.8E-HOSPDOOS HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain: 7 Hours of Service 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
81461397 Apr 27, 2024 MO L1 PLATTE CITY MO 2 OOS
81452833 Apr 25, 2024 UT L3 ECHO UT 0
81442340 Apr 24, 2024 MT L2 BROADUS WEIGH STATION 1
81395124 Apr 18, 2024 KS L3 2
81351544 Apr 13, 2024 SC L3 I-26 EB ROADSIDE 1
81335312 Apr 12, 2024 AR L2 VAN BUREN AR 2

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88925130 Sep 7, 2026 LA L2 3AKJHHDR7PSNV1570
88042867 Jun 3, 2026 UT L3 3H3V532C9LR166587
83065258 Nov 1, 2024 TN L1 3AKJHHDR7PSNV1570 OOS
81760534 May 31, 2024 CA L1 3AKJHHDR7PSNV1570
81535797 May 3, 2024 CA L2 3AKJHHDR7PSNV1570 OOS
81536924 May 1, 2024 CA L1 3AKJHHDR7PSNV1570
81452247 Apr 20, 2024 MN L1 3H3V532C9LR166587 OOS
80817611 Feb 6, 2024 CA L1 3H3V532C9LR166587 OOS

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