Roadside Inspection 82450421

Roadside inspection on Aug 21, 2024 in California • Carrier: DFC TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS (USDOT 3179773) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82450421
Date:
Aug 21, 2024
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE
Operating authority:
MC125347
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
YP38677 (CA)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 8.

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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.71 violations per inspection across 463 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 198,681 Level 1 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 3,890 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
1
Same as 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)
55%
330 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
20
14 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
73
56 violations · 10 OOS · 0.77 per inspection
Prior 365 days
330
228 violations · 34 OOS · 0.69 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 383.23(a)(2) (Operating a CMV without a CDL, severity weight 8). (383.23(a)(2))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR0NSNF4609 CA YP38677 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532C67T044004 CA 4MB5844 HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2007

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
383.23(a)(2) Operating a CMV without a CDL 8 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
82970062 Oct 20, 2024 CA L3 CASTAIC IF 0
82959374 Oct 17, 2024 CA L3 CASTAIC IF 1
82940571 Oct 17, 2024 NV L1 MINA 3
82933872 Oct 11, 2024 AZ L3 SAN SIMON AZ 1
82923229 Oct 11, 2024 CA L1 GRAPEVINE IF 0
82904372 Oct 11, 2024 CA L2 SAN ONOFRE IF 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86941185 Jan 29, 2026 CA L1 3H3V532C67T044004
86907935 Jan 22, 2026 CA L1 3AKJHHDR0NSNF4609
86162062 Oct 24, 2025 CA L2 3H3V532C67T044004
87461398 Oct 12, 2025 NM L2 3AKJHHDR0NSNF4609
86015619 Oct 9, 2025 NM L2 3AKJHHDR0NSNF4609
85048057 Jun 25, 2025 NM L2 3AKJHHDR0NSNF4609 OOS
84585125 May 4, 2025 CA L3 3AKJHHDR0NSNF4609
82307556 Aug 4, 2024 CA L3 3H3V532C67T044004

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