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Roadside Inspection 85946844

Roadside inspection on Oct 2, 2025 in South Carolina • Carrier: RIDGELINE CRANE AND HAULING LLC (USDOT 4250130) • Vehicle: STERLING TRUCK STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85946844
Date:
Oct 2, 2025
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
UNION SC
Operating authority:
MC1650946
Vehicle:
STERLING TRUCK L9522 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
ME5953 (NC)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Unsafe Driving and Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 13.

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 Level 3 median in South Carolina
3
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 33,883 Level 3 inspections in South Carolina during 2025
vs typical at UNION SC
3
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 124 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
3
3 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
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 391.41APC (Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state drivers licensing agency, severity weight 1). (391.41APC)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 2FZXFWEB8XAB50405 NC ME5953 STERLING TRUCK L9522 1999 —

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2-SLLIFTA State/Local Laws - State tax/International Fuel Tax (IFTA) violation. 8 Unsafe Driving —
396.17C-PI Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection. 4 Vehicle Maintenance —
391.41APC Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state drivers licensing agency 1 Driver Fitness OOS

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

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