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Roadside Inspection 83980942

Roadside inspection on Feb 25, 2025 in Louisiana • Carrier: BIG G EXPRESS INC (USDOT 580685) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83980942
Date:
Feb 25, 2025
State:
Louisiana
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
SIMSBORO LA
Carrier (USDOT):
BIG G EXPRESS INC (580685)
Operating authority:
MC282266
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
R8493HY (TN)

What this inspection means

2 violations were recorded, but no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 3.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2025, this is a slightly above 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
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.58 violations per inspection across 1,191 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Louisiana
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 25,674 Level 3 inspections in Louisiana during 2025

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 1,066,282 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 6.5%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
61%
675 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
63
36 violations · 10 OOS
Prior 90 days
164
91 violations · 23 OOS · 0.55 per inspection
Prior 365 days
675
379 violations · 78 OOS · 0.56 per inspection

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR0KSKX6553 TN R8493HY FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2019 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1DW1A5321LBA42243 TN 038143T STOUGHTON TRAILERS Stoughton Trailers 2020 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.22B-DFPWD Driver - Failed to place warning devices on the road surface. 2 Vehicle Maintenance —
392.22A-D Driver - Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers. 1 Unsafe Driving —

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
84538314 Apr 25, 2025 TN L3 SHELBYVILLE TN 0 —
84519743 Apr 25, 2025 MD L1 FROSTBURG MD 0 —
84502231 Apr 25, 2025 NC L1 — 0 —
84526911 Apr 24, 2025 TN L1 KNOXVILLE TN 0 —
84495464 Apr 21, 2025 NC L2 I-40 0 —
84474347 Apr 21, 2025 TN L3 LEBANON TN 1 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89075775 Sep 23, 2026 PA L3 1DW1A5321LBA42243 —
83789794 Jan 31, 2025 TX L2 3AKJHHDR0KSKX6553 —
81037972 Mar 5, 2024 AL L3 3AKJHHDR0KSKX6553 —

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