Roadside Inspection 82956646

Roadside inspection on Oct 18, 2024 in California • Carrier: BULLS TRANSPORT CANADA LTD (USDOT 2865364) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82956646
Date:
Oct 18, 2024
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
DESERT HILLS IF
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
A09156 (AB)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Unsafe Driving and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 15.

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
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.52 violations per inspection across 54 prior records
vs Level 2 median in California
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 89,480 Level 2 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at DESERT HILLS IF
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 12,517 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
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)
53%
32 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
5 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
13
25 violations · 3 OOS · 1.92 per inspection
Prior 365 days
32
40 violations · 8 OOS · 1.25 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 395.8E1-HOSPVIDOOS (HOS (Passenger) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain:, severity weight 7). (395.8E1-HOSPVIDOOS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR6JSJR9217 AB A09156 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2018
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532W64L819150 AB 6BRO77 WABASH Wabash National Corporation 2004

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2-SLLSR State/Local Laws - State registration/tag violation. 8 Unsafe Driving
395.8E1-HOSPVIDOOS HOS (Passenger) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain: 7 Hours of Service 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
83259195 Nov 23, 2024 MT L3 LIMA MT 1
83192543 Nov 19, 2024 MT L2 CONRAD MT 1
83176697 Nov 17, 2024 MT L2 CONRAD MT 3
83032675 Oct 29, 2024 MT L1 SHELBY MT 10 OOS
82976203 Oct 22, 2024 MT L2 BUTTE MT 2
82969377 Oct 17, 2024 CA L1 CORDELIA IF 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
83818169 Feb 5, 2025 AZ L1 3AKJHHDR6JSJR9217 OOS
83790602 Jan 29, 2025 CA L1 3AKJHHDR6JSJR9217 OOS
83562446 Jan 5, 2025 MT L3 1JJV532W64L819150
83553042 Jan 4, 2025 MT L3 3AKJHHDR6JSJR9217
83457584 Dec 18, 2024 MT L3 1JJV532W64L819150
82936643 Oct 16, 2024 ID L2 3AKJHHDR6JSJR9217
82936643 Oct 16, 2024 ID L2 1JJV532W64L819150
82679496 Sep 17, 2024 MT L2 3AKJHHDR6JSJR9217

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