Roadside Inspection 82980676

Roadside inspection on Oct 16, 2024 in California • Carrier: RT EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2881104) • Vehicle: INTERNATIONAL STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L2
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82980676
Date:
Oct 16, 2024
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
CORDELIA IF
Carrier (USDOT):
RT EXPRESS LLC (2881104)
Vehicle:
INTERNATIONAL MV607 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
EP21656 (CA)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 7.

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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.63 violations per inspection across 82 prior records
vs Level 2 median in California
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 89,480 Level 2 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at CORDELIA IF
1
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 28,332 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
1
Same as 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)
56%
48 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
6
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
14
4 violations · 0 OOS · 0.29 per inspection
Prior 365 days
48
29 violations · 2 OOS · 0.60 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (4 violations across 14 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.63 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 395.8E1PC (HOS - False record of duty status driver improper use of Personal Conveyance - NON–OOS, severity weight 7). (395.8E1PC)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3HAEUMML0RL030598 CA EP21656 INTERNATIONAL MV607 2024

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8E1PC HOS - False record of duty status driver improper use of Personal Conveyance - NON–OOS 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
83388148 Dec 12, 2024 IL L3 I72 0
83372402 Dec 11, 2024 IN L1 RICHMOND IN 0
83333491 Dec 3, 2024 IN L3 SEYMOUR IN 0
83289224 Nov 26, 2024 IA L2 1
83266937 Nov 26, 2024 TN L1 STANTON TN 2
83250319 Nov 25, 2024 MD L2 I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87897363 May 19, 2026 AL L2 3HAEUMML0RL030598
87538055 Apr 8, 2026 IL L3 3HAEUMML0RL030598
86891385 Jan 22, 2026 NE L3 3HAEUMML0RL030598
85870805 Sep 23, 2025 CA L3 3HAEUMML0RL030598
84184266 Mar 20, 2025 CA L1 3HAEUMML0RL030598
83388148 Dec 12, 2024 IL L3 3HAEUMML0RL030598
83250319 Nov 25, 2024 MD L2 3HAEUMML0RL030598
82746649 Sep 23, 2024 IA L3 3HAEUMML0RL030598

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