Roadside Inspection 84493870

Roadside inspection on Apr 24, 2025 in Massachusetts • Carrier: PDQ TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1114579) • Vehicle: MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES MOTOR COACH

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84493870
Date:
Apr 24, 2025
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
H-BOSTON
Vehicle:
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES J4500 MOTOR COACH
Ticket make:
Mci
Plate:
PWZ1079 (OH)

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 3.

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 0.19 violations per inspection across 150 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Massachusetts
2
On par with median (2)
Median of 5,370 Level 2 inspections in Massachusetts during 2025
vs typical at H-BOSTON
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 572 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)
82%
49 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
1
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
25
0 violations · 0 OOS · 0.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
49
14 violations · 0 OOS · 0.29 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (0 violations across 25 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.19 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 393.62-BEMEI (Buses - Marked emergency exit is inoperative (does not open, close and/or secure as designed)., severity weight 1). (393.62-BEMEI)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 MOTOR COACH 2MGD1W911RW107999 OH PWZ1079 MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES
Ticket: Mci
J4500 2024

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LIL Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative. 2 Vehicle Maintenance
393.62-BEMEI Buses - Marked emergency exit is inoperative (does not open, close and/or secure as designed). 1 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
84894516 Jun 7, 2025 OH L2 NEWTON FALLS OH 0
84743975 May 20, 2025 PA L3 1
84635056 May 12, 2025 CT L3 EAST HARTFORD 1
84633067 May 9, 2025 OH L2 SANDUSKY OH 0
84401556 Apr 13, 2025 OH L2 CHILLICOTHE OH 0
84002870 Feb 26, 2025 OH L5 COLUMBUS OH 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87249958 Mar 6, 2026 MA L3 2MGD1W911RW107999
83571438 Jan 7, 2025 OH L5 2MGD1W911RW107999
83089718 Nov 5, 2024 WV L2 2MGD1W911RW107999
80731499 Jan 30, 2024 OH L5 2MGD1W911RW107999
80538849 Dec 30, 2023 TX L1 2MGD1W911RW107999
80518001 Dec 29, 2023 TX L1 2MGD1W911RW107999
80416514 Dec 13, 2023 TX L1 2MGD1W911RW107999
79875085 Oct 5, 2023 OH L5 2MGD1W911RW107999

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