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Roadside Inspection 82670905

Roadside inspection on Sep 15, 2024 in Michigan • Carrier: GROUND TRAVEL SPECIALIST INC (USDOT 1408093) • Vehicle: VAN HOOL MOTOR COACH

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L2
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82670905
Date:
Sep 15, 2024
State:
Michigan
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Reported location:
26400 ELEVEN MILE RD.
Operating authority:
MC533837
Vehicle:
VAN HOOL Commuter Coach MOTOR COACH
Ticket make:
Vnhl
Plate:
RC36387 (MI)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 5.

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 this carrier's typical
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.25 violations per inspection across 44 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Michigan
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 14,861 Level 2 inspections in Michigan during 2024

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
2
1 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
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
85%
26 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
3 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
3
5 violations · 1 OOS · 1.67 per inspection
Prior 365 days
26
7 violations · 1 OOS · 0.27 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a stretch where the carrier had 6.7× their typical violation rate (5 violations across 3 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.25 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 391.11(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., severity weight 2). (391.11(b)(4))

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 MOTOR COACH YE2CC19B282046840 MI RC36387 VAN HOOL
Ticket: Vnhl
Commuter Coach 2008 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.24(d) ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically 3 Hours of Service —
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

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
83157405 Nov 14, 2024 MI L5 — 0 —
82817067 Oct 2, 2024 PA L3 — 1 —
82694471 Sep 17, 2024 MI L1 CAMP GRAYLING 0 —
82694470 Sep 17, 2024 MI L1 CAMP GRAYLING 0 —
82694435 Sep 17, 2024 MI L1 CAMP GRAYLING 0 —
82670904 Sep 14, 2024 MI L2 — 3 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88701056 Aug 14, 2026 MI L1 YE2CC19B282046840 —
86876028 Jan 23, 2026 MI L2 YE2CC19B282046840 —
85868694 Feb 26, 2025 MI L5 YE2CC19B282046840 —
80990704 Feb 28, 2024 MI L5 YE2CC19B282046840 —
80658074 Jan 21, 2024 MI L1 YE2CC19B282046840 —
79507896 Aug 24, 2023 MI L5 YE2CC19B282046840 —

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