Roadside Inspection 85541282

Roadside inspection on Aug 19, 2025 in Missouri • Carrier: AMERICAN FREIGHTLINES INCORPORATED (USDOT 3457132) • 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 #:
85541282
Date:
Aug 19, 2025
State:
Missouri
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
JOPLIN MO
Operating authority:
MC1127268
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
PXC5454 (OH)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 4.

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
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.34 violations per inspection across 193 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Missouri
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 16,318 Level 3 inspections in Missouri during 2025
vs typical at JOPLIN MO
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 3,927 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)
39%
128 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
9
11 violations · 3 OOS
Prior 90 days
30
33 violations · 7 OOS · 1.10 per inspection
Prior 365 days
128
173 violations · 32 OOS · 1.35 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 391.11B2-Q (Driver cannot read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and record., severity weight 4). (391.11B2-Q)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR5MSMP0563 OH PXC5454 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2021
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5V8VC5320NT218000 ME 3328409 VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) 2022

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
391.11B2-Q Driver cannot read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and record. 4 Driver Fitness 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
86133647 Oct 9, 2025 CA L1 3 OOS
85976423 Oct 5, 2025 OH L1 HARRISON OH 2
85955419 Oct 3, 2025 CA L1 SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE 0
85912105 Sep 30, 2025 CT L2 WATERFORD SCALE 1
85939210 Sep 27, 2025 IL L3 2 OOS
85901704 Sep 26, 2025 UT L3 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88769237 Aug 21, 2026 CA L2 5V8VC5320NT218000
86211439 Oct 30, 2025 CO L3 3AKJHHDR5MSMP0563
85779224 Sep 11, 2025 IL L3 3AKJHHDR5MSMP0563
85671048 Sep 2, 2025 NC L3 3AKJHHDR5MSMP0563
84292333 Apr 2, 2025 UT L3 5V8VC5320NT218000
84292333 Apr 2, 2025 UT L3 3AKJHHDR5MSMP0563
84151598 Feb 23, 2025 IN L3 5V8VC5320NT218000
83727319 Jan 29, 2025 KY L3 3AKJHHDR5MSMP0563

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