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Roadside Inspection 84338442

Roadside inspection on Apr 3, 2025 in South Dakota • Carrier: PETERSON TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 719279) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84338442
Date:
Apr 3, 2025
State:
South Dakota
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
TILFORD SD
Operating authority:
MC330805
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 389 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
FW2996 (IA)

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 10.

Compared to the median Level 2 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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.80 violations per inspection across 121 prior records
vs Level 2 median in South Dakota
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 6,254 Level 2 inspections in South Dakota during 2025
vs typical at TILFORD SD
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 4,779 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
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 1,039,543 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
62%
53 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
5
10 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
11
22 violations · 5 OOS · 2.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
53
45 violations · 9 OOS · 0.85 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a stretch where the carrier had 2.5× their typical violation rate (22 violations across 11 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.80 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 393.75A1-TAOBETA (Tires - All others, bias ply has more than one ply exposed in the tread area or damaged plies in the sidewall., severity weight 8). (393.75A1-TAOBETA)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XPXD49X9RD662450 IA FW2996 PETERBILT 389 2024 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1RND53A25HR042091 IA FJ5728 REITNOUER INC Reitnouer Inc 2017 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A1-TAOBETA Tires - All others, bias ply has more than one ply exposed in the tread area or damaged plies in the sidewall. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured. 2 Vehicle Maintenance —

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
84820609 May 24, 2025 MN L3 BREWSTER MN 0 —
84819313 May 24, 2025 GA L3 CARTERSVILLE GA 0 —
84807875 May 22, 2025 MN L3 — 0 —
84730397 May 19, 2025 NE L3 FREMONT SCALE 0 —
84730051 May 19, 2025 IA L3 — 1 —
84716736 May 17, 2025 IA L2 — 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89101318 Sep 25, 2026 IA L2 1XPXD49X9RD662450 —
84699595 May 15, 2025 KS L1 1XPXD49X9RD662450 —
84370360 Apr 4, 2025 MN L3 1RND53A25HR042091 —
84370360 Apr 4, 2025 MN L3 1XPXD49X9RD662450 —

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