Roadside Inspection 88703897

Roadside inspection on Aug 14, 2026 in California • Carrier: PEPES FOODS INC (USDOT 2777516) • Vehicle: HINO STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
2
67% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88703897
Date:
Aug 14, 2026
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
CA
Carrier (USDOT):
PEPES FOODS INC (2777516)
Vehicle:
HINO Conventional Type Truck STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
NONE (CA)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Controlled Substances/Alcohol and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 24.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2026, 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
3
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 2.56 violations per inspection across 59 prior records
vs Level 3 median in California
3
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 44,082 Level 3 inspections in California during 2026
vs typical at CA
3
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,005 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 558,822 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 7.6%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
18%
22 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
7
23 violations · 4 OOS · 3.29 per inspection
Prior 365 days
22
61 violations · 5 OOS · 2.77 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 392.5C2-IOOS (Intoxicating - Driver violating any roadside out-of-service order regarding intoxicating beverages., severity weight 10). (392.5C2-IOOS)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 5PVNJ8JT3J4S58534 CA NONE HINO Conventional Type Truck 2018

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.5C2-IOOS Intoxicating - Driver violating any roadside out-of-service order regarding intoxicating beverages. 10 Controlled Substances/Alcohol OOS
395.13C1I-MCDOCMV HOS (Manner) - Motor Carrier required a driver who has been declared out of service to operate a CMV. 10 Hours of Service
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
88791676 Aug 25, 2026 CA L4 US101 SB N OF LUCAS VALLEY 3
88744843 Aug 19, 2026 CA L2 WB PERALTA SCALE 9
88701276 Aug 14, 2026 CA L3 1975 W LOWELL AVE, TRACY 5 OOS
88382860 Jul 10, 2026 CA L2 NIMITZ IF 2 OOS
88360232 Jul 9, 2026 CA L2 US101 SB N OF LUCAS VALLEY 3

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88744843 Aug 19, 2026 CA L2 5PVNJ8JT3J4S58534
88701276 Aug 14, 2026 CA L3 5PVNJ8JT3J4S58534 OOS
82944353 Oct 17, 2024 PA L1 5PVNJ8JT3J4S58534
82268175 Jul 29, 2024 PA L2 5PVNJ8JT3J4S58534
81631967 May 15, 2024 PA L1 5PVNJ8JT3J4S58534
81061256 Mar 7, 2024 PA L1 5PVNJ8JT3J4S58534
80495094 Dec 27, 2023 PA L3 5PVNJ8JT3J4S58534
79077120 Jul 5, 2023 PA L3 5PVNJ8JT3J4S58534

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