Roadside Inspection 88616248

Roadside inspection on Aug 5, 2026 in California • Carrier: MERCER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC (USDOT 154712) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88616248
Date:
Aug 5, 2026
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 579 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3815301 (IN)

What this inspection means

One violation was recorded; no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 3.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a slightly above 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 0.84 violations per inspection across 6,620 prior records
vs Level 3 median in California
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 44,348 Level 3 inspections in California during 2026
vs typical at SB SANTA NELLA PLATFORM SCALES
1
Cleaner than station median (7)
Median of 646 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 561,586 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 7.6%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
59%
1836 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
116
74 violations · 15 OOS
Prior 90 days
368
268 violations · 57 OOS · 0.73 per inspection
Prior 365 days
1836
1540 violations · 246 OOS · 0.84 per inspection

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XPBD49X2KD276310 IN 3815301 PETERBILT 579 2019
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1GR4M9623PH501484 TN 237312T GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers 2023

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2-SLLLR State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation. 3 Unsafe Driving

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
88823684 Aug 26, 2026 FL L2 MARIANNA FL 2 OOS
88823284 Aug 26, 2026 SD L3 WESTPORT SD 2
88814449 Aug 26, 2026 MO L1 STEELE MO 2
88811715 Aug 26, 2026 OK L1 COLBERT SCALES ON US69 0
88810396 Aug 26, 2026 CA L2 WHISKEYTOWN SCALES 1
88806931 Aug 26, 2026 NE L3 YANKEE HILL NE 2

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88811715 Aug 26, 2026 OK L1 1XPBD49X2KD276310
88811715 Aug 26, 2026 OK L1 1GR4M9623PH501484
88219835 Jun 21, 2026 TX L2 1XPBD49X2KD276310
88219835 Jun 21, 2026 TX L2 1GR4M9623PH501484
86094812 Oct 18, 2025 NM L2 1XPBD49X2KD276310
86094812 Oct 18, 2025 NM L2 1GR4M9623PH501484
85670355 Sep 3, 2025 KY L1 1XPBD49X2KD276310
85670355 Sep 3, 2025 KY L1 1GR4M9623PH501484

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