Roadside Inspection 83163035

Roadside inspection on Nov 14, 2024 in South Carolina • Carrier: GFT EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 4225562) • Vehicle: RAM STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83163035
Date:
Nov 14, 2024
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
RIDGELAND SC
Carrier (USDOT):
GFT EXPRESS LLC (4225562)
Vehicle:
RAM 3500 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Ticket make:
Dodge
Plate:
P868589 (SC)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Driver Fitness and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 9.

Compared to the median Level 3 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
Cleaner than carrier average
Carrier averages 3.00 violations per inspection across 72 prior records
vs Level 3 median in South Carolina
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 27,009 Level 3 inspections in South Carolina during 2024
vs typical at RIDGELAND SC
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 39 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
2
2 more than the median (0)
Compared to 938,340 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 4.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
18%
72 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
64
204 violations · 23 OOS
Prior 90 days
66
209 violations · 23 OOS · 3.17 per inspection
Prior 365 days
72
216 violations · 23 OOS · 3.00 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 391.11B5-LNCDLNVL (License (Non-CDL) - Operate a CMV without a valid operators license, issued by one State or jurisdiction., severity weight 8). (391.11B5-LNCDLNVL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3C63RRGL9RG191036 SC P868589 RAM
Ticket: Dodge
3500 2024
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5VGFW5033ML006803 ME 5344095 KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC 2021

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
391.11B5-LNCDLNVL License (Non-CDL) - Operate a CMV without a valid operators license, issued by one State or jurisdiction. 8 Driver Fitness OOS
395.22H4-ELDBRODS HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids sufficient to record the driver's duty status and other related information for a minimum of 8 days. 1 Hours of Service

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
83611203 Jan 13, 2025 MS L1 ITTAWAMBA COUNTY 2
83611202 Jan 13, 2025 MS L3 ITTAWAMBA COUNTY 3
83607600 Jan 13, 2025 WA L2 ELLENSBURG WA 1
83606604 Jan 13, 2025 SD L3 BELLE FOURCHE SD 4
83598951 Jan 13, 2025 US L1 BESSEMER CITY NC 0
83598629 Jan 12, 2025 MO L1 NEW CAMBRIA MO 3 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87678715 Apr 23, 2026 TN L1 5VGFW5033ML006803 OOS
87066933 Feb 10, 2026 TX L1 5VGFW5033ML006803 OOS
86517101 Dec 6, 2025 NC L1 5VGFW5033ML006803
86312065 Nov 12, 2025 NC L1 3C63RRGL9RG191036
85027589 Jun 22, 2025 WV L2 3C63RRGL9RG191036 OOS

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