Roadside Inspection 84718055

Roadside inspection on May 15, 2025 in Texas • Carrier: PRIME ROAD CARRIERS INC (USDOT 2820314) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
5
OOS Violations
1
20% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84718055
Date:
May 15, 2025
State:
Texas
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
5
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
IH30 WB MT PLEASANT SCALE
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 579 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
16KR4T (MS)

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 19.

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
5
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.26 violations per inspection across 119 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Texas
5
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 87,766 Level 1 inspections in Texas during 2025
vs typical at IH30 WB MT PLEASANT SCALE
5
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 4,695 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
5
4 more than 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)
47%
55 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
2
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
9
4 violations · 0 OOS · 0.44 per inspection
Prior 365 days
55
75 violations · 12 OOS · 1.36 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (4 violations across 9 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 1.26 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 396.3A1-AR (Brake - Defective Air Reservoir, severity weight 4). (396.3A1-AR)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XPBDP9XXLD606780 MS 16KR4T PETERBILT 579 2020
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5MAPA4823LH052004 IL 718319 MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING
Ticket: Other
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING 2020

Violations Cited

5 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.53B CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear 4 Vehicle Maintenance
396.3A1-AR Brake - Defective Air Reservoir 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.11TL Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manufactured after July 1997 3 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
85218165 Jul 12, 2025 SD L2 BERESFORD SD 0
85198029 Jul 11, 2025 OH L2 1 OOS
85143811 Jul 5, 2025 TX L2 2433 IH30 EB SVC RD 1
85089995 Jun 27, 2025 MS L3 0
85007973 Jun 20, 2025 OH L3 GIRARD OH 0
84973703 Jun 14, 2025 AR L1 WEST MEMPHIS AR 2 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85089995 Jun 27, 2025 MS L3 5MAPA4823LH052004
83622788 Jan 10, 2025 IN L2 5MAPA4823LH052004
82963865 Oct 22, 2024 MD L2 5MAPA4823LH052004
78920868 Jun 19, 2023 KY L3 1XPBDP9XXLD606780
78518806 May 2, 2023 IA L3 1XPBDP9XXLD606780
78392310 Apr 19, 2023 OH L2 5MAPA4823LH052004

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