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Roadside Inspection 84223605

Roadside inspection on Mar 25, 2025 in Tennessee • Carrier: PALMER TRUCK LINE LLC (USDOT 3796683) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84223605
Date:
Mar 25, 2025
State:
Tennessee
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
MANCHESTER TN
Operating authority:
MC1483488
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
R542461 (TX)

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 3 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
Cleaner than carrier average
Carrier averages 2.62 violations per inspection across 13 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Tennessee
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 37,799 Level 3 inspections in Tennessee during 2025
vs typical at MANCHESTER TN
1
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 7,040 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
1
1 more than the median (0)
Compared to 1,066,282 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 6.5%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
29%
7 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 365 days
7
28 violations · 4 OOS · 4.00 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 395.8E-HOSPDOOS (HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain:, severity weight 7). (395.8E-HOSPDOOS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJGLD50GSGX4570 TX R542461 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2016 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5V8VA53206M603011 TX 206C050 VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) 2006 —

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8E-HOSPDOOS HOS (Property) - 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.

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86790458 Jan 14, 2026 KY L1 5V8VA53206M603011 —
85617134 Aug 22, 2025 LA L2 5V8VA53206M603011 OOS
85467110 Aug 11, 2025 ID L3 3AKJGLD50GSGX4570 OOS
85479427 Aug 9, 2025 MO L2 5V8VA53206M603011 —
85186321 Jul 11, 2025 SC L2 5V8VA53206M603011 —
81027383 Mar 5, 2024 IL L3 5V8VA53206M603011 —
80159384 Nov 8, 2023 OK L3 5V8VA53206M603011 —
79633262 Sep 8, 2023 UT L3 3AKJGLD50GSGX4570 —

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