The roadside · last 30 days
236,788 inspections in the last 30 days. About half found violations; 21% 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 30 days
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Inspections
237K7,893 a day
Found violations
57%134,025 stops
Shut down
21%49,455 trucks or drivers
Violations written
407K1.7 per stop
Full inspections (Level 1) 24% · walk-arounds (Level 2) 38% · driver-only (Level 3) 35% · at a scale or station 48%
Where the inspections are
Map of the United States shaded where inspections happened in the last 30 days, darkest around El Paso County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX and Los Angeles County, CA.
Busiest: El Paso County, TX (4,209), Hidalgo County, TX (3,964) and Los Angeles County, CA (3,692). The ten busiest counties hold 13% of all stops.
Your state
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Georgia · inspections5,26912th busiest state in the last 30 days
Violations per stop2.0the nation writes 1.7
Shut down18%the nation 21%
Georgia writes 2.0 violations per stop, more than the nation’s 1.7, and shuts down 18% of what it stops, fewer than the 21% nationally.
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
- 1Registration problem392.2-SLLSR21,175
- 2No annual inspection recordVehicle maintenance · 396.17C-PI18,781
- 3Tire leaking or low on airVehicle maintenance · 393.75A3-TAOL · 96% shut down15,030
- 4Brakes out of adjustmentVehicle maintenance · 393.47E13,438
- 5Brake hose rubbing or damagedVehicle maintenance · 393.45B2-B-AIR10,821
- 6Anti-lock brake warning light problemVehicle maintenance · 393.55E-B9,779
- 7Windshield washers not workingVehicle maintenance · 393.78A-WS9,404
- 8Light not workingVehicle maintenance · 393.9A-LIL9,306
- 9Automatic brake adjusters missingVehicle maintenance · 393.53B-B7,975
- 10Did not obey a traffic sign or signalDriving behavior · 392.2-SLLTCD7,477
Registration problem tops the list with 21,175 cites. Tire leaking or low on air put the most out of service: 14,497 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
- 2Emporia, VA · Oct 6Level 2 · 30 violations, 12 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Hazmat258points
- 3Grandview, WA · Sep 24Level 1 · 28 violations, 7 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours246points
- 4Martinsville, VA · Oct 7Level 1 · 41 violations, 11 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Driving behavior237points
- 5Kern County, CA · Sep 25Level 2 · 28 violations, 1 shut-downLogbooks & hours · Vehicle maintenance234points
- 6Post Falls, ID · Sep 10Level 1 · 32 violations, 11 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours222points
- 7Carbon County, PA · Oct 6Level 2 · 30 violations, 10 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours207points
- 8Painted Post, NY · Sep 22Level 2 · 35 violations, 10 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Licenses & medical cards201points
- 9Binghamton, NY · Sep 22Level 2 · 30 violations, 2 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Logbooks & hours201points
- 10Niagara Falls, NY · Sep 21Level 1 · 37 violations, 11 shut-downVehicle maintenance · Driving behavior198points
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 · 33,24133,2411.419%
Texas · 32,22032,2202.829%
Tennessee · 8,1908,1900.923%
North Carolina · 7,7327,7320.513%
Florida · 7,6837,6831.517%
New York · 7,4727,4722.527%
New Mexico · 7,3517,3510.512%
Illinois · 6,8276,8270.911%
Pennsylvania · 6,5936,5932.019%
Federal (FMCSA) · 6,4786,4782.120%
Maryland · 6,1386,1381.527%
Washington · 5,3785,3781.822%
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)1,454 stops3.4 per stop · 21% shut down
- 2Perryville, MDMaryland1,176 stops1.1 per stop · 27% shut down
- 3El Paso, TXFederal (FMCSA)1,072 stops2.3 per stop · 25% shut down
- 4London, KYKentucky1,001 stops1.2 per stop · 34% shut down
- 5Knoxville, TNTennessee739 stops0.6 per stop · 19% shut down
- 6Liberty Lake, WAWashington680 stops1.6 per stop · 25% shut down
- 7West Memphis, ARArkansas657 stops1.6 per stop · 36% shut down
- 8Ardmore, TNTennessee597 stops1.0 per stop · 32% shut down
- 9Jefferson, SDSouth Dakota586 stops0.6 per stop · 20% shut down
- 10Van Buren, ARArkansas567 stops1.5 per stop · 27% shut down
- 11Stanton, TNTennessee550 stops0.6 per stop · 24% shut down
- 12Waverly, NENebraska446 stops1.2 per stop · 26% shut down
Laredo, TX ran the most stops, 1,454, at 3.4 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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