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Roadside Inspection 82373983

Roadside inspection on Aug 13, 2024 in Pennsylvania • Carrier: MOONSTAR EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2783179) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
6
OOS Violations
2
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82373983
Date:
Aug 13, 2024
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
6
HazMat:
No
Operating authority:
MC927085
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3274960 (IN)

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 29.

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
6
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.19 violations per inspection across 54 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Pennsylvania
6
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 35,872 Level 3 inspections in Pennsylvania during 2024

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
6
6 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)
48%
44 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
8
19 violations · 3 OOS · 2.38 per inspection
Prior 365 days
44
45 violations · 4 OOS · 1.02 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a stretch where the carrier had 2.0× their typical violation rate (19 violations across 8 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 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 395.3A2-PROP (Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle), severity weight 7). (395.3A2-PROP)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR2PSNK1571 IN 3274960 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2023 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1DW1A532XLBA34092 IN P918959 STOUGHTON TRAILERS Stoughton Trailers 2020 —

Violations Cited

6 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2DIM Dimension Violation (Width / Height / Length) 8 Unsafe Driving —
395.3A2-PROP Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle) 7 Hours of Service OOS
395.3A3-PROP Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit. (Property Carrying Vehicle) 7 Hours of Service OOS
392.2C Failure to obey traffic control device 5 Unsafe Driving —
395.24C2II Driver failed to manually add the trailer number 1 Hours of Service —
395.24C2III Driver failed to manually add shipping document number 1 Hours of Service —

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
82852912 Oct 7, 2024 MO L1 MAYVIEW MO 1 —
82735900 Sep 22, 2024 WY L1 CHEYENNE I-25 POE 4 OOS
82384585 Aug 12, 2024 TX L2 US77 RIVIERA SCALE 1 OOS
82159449 Jul 18, 2024 CT L1 UNION SCALE 4 OOS
82102506 Jul 10, 2024 NY L2 — 2 —
82055724 Jul 3, 2024 DE L2 MIDDLETOWN DE 1 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
82984392 Oct 24, 2024 MD L2 3AKJHHDR2PSNK1571 —
81820884 Jun 10, 2024 CT L3 3AKJHHDR2PSNK1571 —
81468653 Apr 26, 2024 NJ L2 3AKJHHDR2PSNK1571 —
81184318 Mar 22, 2024 MD L1 3AKJHHDR2PSNK1571 —
80651120 Jan 11, 2024 GA L3 3AKJHHDR2PSNK1571 —
81133955 Dec 23, 2023 GA L3 3AKJHHDR2PSNK1571 —
80462111 Dec 23, 2023 GA L3 3AKJHHDR2PSNK1571 —
80092121 Nov 3, 2023 MS L2 3AKJHHDR2PSNK1571 —

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