Roadside Inspection 82607402

Roadside inspection on Sep 9, 2024 in Maryland • Carrier: C DENTE TOWING & TRUCKING INC (USDOT 2143425) • Vehicle: MACK STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver OOS CVSA L2
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
7
OOS Violations
4
57% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82607402
Date:
Sep 9, 2024
State:
Maryland
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
7
HazMat:
No
Vehicle:
MACK GU (Granite) STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
AY270C (NJ)

What this inspection means

Both the vehicle and the driver were placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Driver Fitness and Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 28.

Compared to the median Level 2 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 2 median in Maryland
7
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 50,517 Level 2 inspections in Maryland during 2024
vs typical at I-95 SOUTHBOUND SCALE FACILITY
7
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 6,658 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
7
6 more than the median (1)
Compared to 941,515 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 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 392.4(a) (Driver uses or is in possession of drugs, severity weight 10). (392.4(a))

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1M2AX04C99M003694 NJ AY270C MACK GU (Granite) 2009

Violations Cited

7 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.4(a) Driver uses or is in possession of drugs 10 Controlled Substances/Alcohol OOS
383.23(a)(2) Operating a CMV without a CDL 8 Driver Fitness OOS
393.81 Horn inoperative 3 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9(a) Inoperable required lamps 3 Vehicle Maintenance
391.11(b)(4) Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has self-certified as excepted interstate or excepted intrastate with the state driver's licensing agency. 2 Driver Fitness OOS
391.41(a) Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state drivers licensing agency. History of either failing to produce a medical certificate or having an expired medical certificate. 1 Driver Fitness
393.134 No/improper securement of roll/hook container 1 Vehicle Maintenance 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
82629624 Sep 11, 2024 MD L1 I-95 NORTHBOUND SCALE FACILITY 5 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86835138 Jan 19, 2026 MD L2 1M2AX04C99M003694 OOS
82629624 Sep 11, 2024 MD L1 1M2AX04C99M003694 OOS
78825755 Jun 7, 2023 US L1 1M2AX04C99M003694

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