Roadside Inspection 89030370

Roadside inspection on Sep 17, 2026 in Kentucky • Carrier: NICE GUYS LLC (USDOT 3212502) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89030370
Date:
Sep 17, 2026
State:
Kentucky
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
KUTTAWA KY
Carrier (USDOT):
NICE GUYS LLC (3212502)
Operating authority:
MC1003510
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P1279514 (IL)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service and Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 11.

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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.93 violations per inspection across 1,166 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Kentucky
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 15,918 Level 1 inspections in Kentucky during 2026
vs typical at KUTTAWA KY
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 303 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
2
1 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)
54%
343 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
31
25 violations · 4 OOS
Prior 90 days
76
56 violations · 13 OOS · 0.74 per inspection
Prior 365 days
343
238 violations · 43 OOS · 0.69 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 395.8E-HOSPDOOS (HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain:, severity weight 7). (395.8E-HOSPDOOS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR1NSMY6843 IL P1279514 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532K1SS010736 TN 551232T HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2025

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8E-HOSPDOOS HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain: 7 Hours of Service OOS
393.55E-B Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1, 1998. 4 Vehicle Maintenance

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
89040432 Sep 19, 2026 NE L3 WAVERLY NE 1
89027855 Sep 16, 2026 OH L2 FINDLAY OH 0
89012777 Sep 16, 2026 KY L3 EDDYVILLE KY 0
89006686 Sep 15, 2026 TN L2 EADS TN 1
89014544 Sep 14, 2026 TX L2 TX 2
88985705 Sep 11, 2026 IN L3 WARREN IN 2

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85396165 Aug 3, 2025 MT L3 3AKJHHDR1NSMY6843
84348592 Apr 8, 2025 LA L3 3H3V532K1SS010736
83399919 Dec 14, 2024 CO L3 3H3V532K1SS010736
82426383 Aug 16, 2024 CA L3 3AKJHHDR1NSMY6843
82307006 Aug 3, 2024 CA L3 3H3V532K1SS010736
81755462 May 24, 2024 AR L2 3AKJHHDR1NSMY6843

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