Roadside Inspection 83972432

Roadside inspection on Feb 25, 2025 in Michigan • Carrier: BRIGHT SKY TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2457984) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83972432
Date:
Feb 25, 2025
State:
Michigan
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
MONROE SCALE N/B
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
RC18171 (MI)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 7.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2025, 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 1.40 violations per inspection across 126 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Michigan
1
Cleaner than median (3)
Median of 7,447 Level 1 inspections in Michigan during 2025

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 760,406 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 27.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
51%
70 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
9
2 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
21
11 violations · 3 OOS · 0.52 per inspection
Prior 365 days
70
77 violations · 14 OOS · 1.10 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (11 violations across 21 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 1.40 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 393.207F-SDAS (Suspension - Deflated air suspension., severity weight 7). (393.207F-SDAS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4NC9EH9LN897475 MI RC18171 VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2020
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532D5KL111192 MI D808102 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate 2019

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.207F-SDAS Suspension - Deflated air suspension. 7 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
84531288 Apr 24, 2025 TN L1 ARDMORE TN 5 OOS
84497024 Apr 23, 2025 MI L3 1
84413800 Apr 14, 2025 OH L2 FINDLAY OH 0
84350695 Apr 8, 2025 MS L3 DE SOTO COUNTY 0
84350890 Apr 7, 2025 MS L3 PANOLA COUNTY 0
84345149 Apr 7, 2025 IN L2 WARREN IN 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88701716 Aug 11, 2026 AR L1 4V4NC9EH9LN897475
79148088 Jul 12, 2023 WI L2 4V4NC9EH9LN897475 OOS

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