Roadside Inspection 82909931

Roadside inspection on Oct 14, 2024 in Louisiana • Carrier: UNITED FREIGHT TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 4076278) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
10
OOS Violations
2
20% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82909931
Date:
Oct 14, 2024
State:
Louisiana
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
10
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
LA
Operating authority:
MC1549714
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
Z084817 (UT)

What this inspection means

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

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 34.

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
10
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 2.50 violations per inspection across 16 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Louisiana
10
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 4,052 Level 1 inspections in Louisiana during 2024
vs typical at LA
10
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,595 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
10
9 more than 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)
23%
13 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
3
8 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
8
12 violations · 2 OOS · 1.50 per inspection
Prior 365 days
13
32 violations · 4 OOS · 2.46 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 383.51A-SOUT (Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for safety-related or unknown reason and outside the state of driver's license issuance, severity weight 5). (383.51A-SOUT)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4N99EH7FN909593 UT Z084817 VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2015
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1UYVS25315M413206 FL 2948CP UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturer 2005

Violations Cited

10 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
383.51A-SOUT Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for safety-related or unknown reason and outside the state of driver's license issuance 5 Driver Fitness OOS
393.45B2UV Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.45PC Brake Tubing and Hose Adequacy - Connections to Power Unit 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.48A Inoperative/defective brakes 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.53B CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.55E No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 4 Vehicle Maintenance
396.3A1-LC Brake - Leak from air chamber 4 Vehicle Maintenance
395.22H4 Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids 1 Hours of Service
396.3A1BOS Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination. 0 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
83252568 Nov 24, 2024 IA L2 I80 WB EXIT 225 5
83268190 Nov 22, 2024 GA L3 ADEL GA 2
83234462 Nov 18, 2024 GA L3 FOREST PARK GA 2
82855191 Oct 3, 2024 OH L2 WILMINGTON OH 2 OOS
82735331 Sep 22, 2024 NE L3 0
82759198 Sep 21, 2024 TX L2 US S 281 MM 714 6 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86334385 Nov 15, 2025 TN L3 1UYVS25315M413206
85618633 Aug 27, 2025 ID L1 1UYVS25315M413206
85607832 Aug 26, 2025 WY L3 1UYVS25315M413206
84555367 Apr 30, 2025 IL L3 1UYVS25315M413206
83252568 Nov 24, 2024 IA L2 1UYVS25315M413206
83268190 Nov 22, 2024 GA L3 1UYVS25315M413206
83234462 Nov 18, 2024 GA L3 4V4N99EH7FN909593
83234462 Nov 18, 2024 GA L3 1UYVS25315M413206

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