Roadside Inspection 88962131

Roadside inspection on Sep 10, 2026 in Kentucky • Carrier: SHELTON TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 2911927) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
5
OOS Violations
3
60% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88962131
Date:
Sep 10, 2026
State:
Kentucky
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
5
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
LONDON KY
Operating authority:
MC981185
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3762360 (IN)

What this inspection means

Both the vehicle and the driver were placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 21.

Compared to the median Level 1 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
5
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.84 violations per inspection across 699 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Kentucky
5
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 15,918 Level 1 inspections in Kentucky during 2026
vs typical at LONDON KY
5
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 879 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 443,839 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
58%
200 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
20
36 violations · 3 OOS
Prior 90 days
52
59 violations · 5 OOS · 1.13 per inspection
Prior 365 days
200
177 violations · 20 OOS · 0.89 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 393.75A3-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJGLDR7JSJK6721 IN 3762360 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2018
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1GR4M9628LH162683 IN P720677 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers 2020

Violations Cited

5 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.53B-B Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
396.3A1-DLDSUJBCB Driveline/Driveshaft - Any missing, broken or loose universal joint bearing cap bolt, bearing strap or retainer bolt. 3 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
391.11B4 Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has self-certified as excepted interstate or excepted intrastate with the state driver's licensing agency. 2 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
89028723 Sep 16, 2026 TN L2 MANCHESTER TN 1 OOS
89006698 Sep 15, 2026 FL L3 HIGH SPRINGS FL 0
88995321 Sep 14, 2026 FL L3 ALACHUA FL 0
88996518 Sep 11, 2026 SC L3 POMARIA SC 0
88960663 Sep 10, 2026 AL L2 HEADLAND AL 0
88944058 Sep 9, 2026 LA L1 TANGIPAHOA LA 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85012643 Jun 23, 2025 LA L3 3AKJGLDR7JSJK6721
84050090 Mar 5, 2025 MD L2 1GR4M9628LH162683
81901105 Jun 17, 2024 MS L2 3AKJGLDR7JSJK6721
81386559 Apr 18, 2024 SC L3 3AKJGLDR7JSJK6721
80759620 Jan 26, 2024 FL L3 1GR4M9628LH162683
80589171 Jan 10, 2024 AR L3 3AKJGLDR7JSJK6721
79803166 Oct 2, 2023 AL L3 3AKJGLDR7JSJK6721

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