The roadside · last 12 months
2,905,105 inspections in the last 12 months. About half found violations; 20% ended with a truck or driver shut down.
From FMCSA's roadside inspection records, posted through Oct 9, 2026. Updated nightly.
At the roadside in the last 12 months
How would you have done?
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Inspections
2.9M7,959 a day
Found violations
57%1,650,157 stops
Shut down
20%591,014 trucks or drivers
Violations written
5.0M1.7 per stop
Full inspections (Level 1) 26% · walk-arounds (Level 2) 36% · driver-only (Level 3) 35% · at a scale or station 49%
Where the inspections are
Map of the United States shaded where inspections happened in the last 12 months, darkest around El Paso County, TX, Los Angeles County, CA and Webb County, TX.
Busiest: El Paso County, TX (48,557), Los Angeles County, CA (48,094) and Webb County, TX (46,884). The ten busiest counties hold 14% of all stops.
Your state
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Georgia · inspections73,16210th busiest state in the last 12 months
Violations per stop2.2the nation writes 1.7
Shut down18%the nation 20%
Georgia writes 2.2 violations per stop, more than the nation’s 1.7, and shuts down 18% of what it stops, fewer than the 20% nationally. Its biggest stop in the last 12 months: Decatur, GA, Jul 21: 46 violations, 221 points.
The rhythm
Every day, last 30 days
Weekdays average 10,543 stops; weekends about 2,233. The busiest day was Sep 15, with 13,365.
The newest two days are still coming in: FMCSA posts most inspections two to three days after the stop.
What gets written up
Most-cited violations
- 1No annual inspection recordVehicle maintenance · 396.17C-PI154,777
- 2Brakes out of adjustmentVehicle maintenance · 393.47E154,152
- 3Light not workingVehicle maintenance · 393.9 · 7% shut down149,298
- 4Registration problem392.2-SLLSR147,823
- 5Tire leaking or low on airVehicle maintenance · 393.75A3-TAOL · 98% shut down120,258
- 6Brake hose rubbing or damagedVehicle maintenance · 393.45B2UV71,024
- 7Light not workingVehicle maintenance · 393.9A-LIL69,162
- 8Brake hose rubbing or damagedVehicle maintenance · 393.45B2-B-AIR67,490
- 9Anti-lock brake warning light problemVehicle maintenance · 393.55E-B63,613
- 10Did not obey a traffic sign or signalDriving behavior · 392.2-SLLTCD62,765
No annual inspection record tops the list with 154,777 cites. Tire leaking or low on air put the most out of service: 117,740 shut-downs.
One row per cite code, counted by the day it was posted, in FMCSA's words turned plain. Codes outside FMCSA's scoring (registration, fuel tax) still count here.
The ones that hurt
Biggest single stops
- 1Russell County, KS · Sep 21Level 2 · 53 violations, 5 shut-downLogbooks & hours · Vehicle maintenance270points
- 2Buchanan County, IA · Aug 29Level 2 · 49 violations, 7 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours258points
- 3Johnson County, KS · Nov 29, 2025Level 1 · 45 violations, 7 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours255points
- 4Danbury, CT · May 8Level 1 · 42 violations, 8 shut-downLogbooks & hours · Vehicle maintenance240points
- 5Martinsville, VA · Oct 7Level 1 · 41 violations, 11 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Driving behavior237points
- 6Decatur, GA · Jul 21Level 1 · 46 violations, 9 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours221points
- 7Lakeland, MN · Mar 12Level 1 · 45 violations, 1 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours211points
- 8Merced County, CA · Jun 9Level 2 · 47 violations, 6 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours210points
- 9Vienna, GA · Apr 6Level 1 · 42 violations, 4 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours210points
- 10Johnson County, IA · Aug 23Level 2 · 42 violations, 12 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Driving behavior206points
The biggest stop: 53 violations, 5 of them shut-down calls, near Russell County, KS on Sep 21: 270 points.
Points as GuardRail counts them for every carrier: each cite once, capped at 30 per area, at the weight FMCSA gives a fresh violation. No carrier is named. Open a stop for its points by cite.
What you would see
Your own record, read the way an inspector and an underwriter read it
One screen: how you look, why, what to fix first, and what it is worth when your policy is shopped. Shown on an example carrier with 8 trucks.
How you look
- Vehicle maintenance84%
- Logbooks & hours41%
- Driving behavior22%
- Licenses & medical cardsNot scored
- Drugs & alcoholNot scored
One of seven areas is flagged: worse than 84% of carriers like it on vehicle maintenance. Lower is better; the black tick is where FMCSA flags you.
Buddy suggests
Not planned yetGet the brakes on Truck 07 adjusted and checked weekly.
Brakes out of adjustment, Mar 14, put out of service · 35% of your Vehicle maintenance score
What it is worth at renewal
43days until underwriting looks
Renews Jan 28, 2027. Your agent starts shopping it about Oct 30. What reduces before then counts for you.
2 of 5 fixes done · Light not working reduces Nov 30
State by state
Where inspectors write the most
California · 447,312447,3121.317%
Texas · 393,656393,6562.927%
North Carolina · 107,406107,4060.513%
New York · 95,19295,1922.224%
New Mexico · 90,82990,8290.613%
Federal (FMCSA) · 90,46090,4602.520%
Tennessee · 86,20786,2070.923%
Pennsylvania · 86,01186,0111.918%
Florida · 83,77983,7791.518%
Maryland · 73,49973,4991.425%
Georgia · 73,16273,1622.218%
Washington · 70,65370,6531.721%
Arizona writes 3.3 violations per stop, the most of any busy state; North Carolina writes 0.5.
Per stop: violations written divided by inspections. Shut down: stops that put a truck or driver out of service. The busiest states first.
Scales and stations
Busiest named scales and stations
- 1Laredo, TXFederal (FMCSA)23,992 stops3.5 per stop · 19% shut down
- 2Ysleta POETexas14,595 stops2.9 per stop · 16% shut down
- 3Columbia POETexas14,014 stops3.3 per stop · 23% shut down
- 4Dunsmuir, CACalifornia13,536 stops0.5 per stop · 13% shut down
- 5Veterans POETexas13,327 stops2.9 per stop · 18% shut down
- 6El Paso, TXFederal (FMCSA)13,263 stops2.4 per stop · 22% shut down
- 7Perryville, MDMaryland12,702 stops1.0 per stop · 23% shut down
- 8Cordelia IFCalifornia11,759 stops1.0 per stop · 12% shut down
- 9Chowchilla, CACalifornia11,665 stops0.6 per stop · 11% shut down
- 10Pharr, TXTexas10,909 stops5.8 per stop · 32% shut down
- 11Knoxville, TNTennessee10,632 stops0.7 per stop · 21% shut down
- 12Gilroy, CACalifornia10,056 stops0.7 per stop · 13% shut down
Laredo, TX ran the most stops, 23,992. Pharr, TX wrote the most per stop: 5.8 violations each.
Only fixed sites the report names. Several states, California and Texas among them, write only the state, so their scales are not listed.
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