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Type of
Flaw
Detected
Table 5. Detailed Summary of SIRIS Flags
Number of
Inspections
OOS
13
Related Issue
or Violation
Nothing
Found
Brakes 33
27
81.8%
1
3.0%
5
15.2%
Tires 3
3
100%
– –
Bearings 0 – – –
Total 36
30
83.33%
1
2.78%
5
13.89%
When being used by enforcement personnel in the field, it is helpful to know that a vehicle
flagged by SIRIS would be very likely to have an associated violation; this allows an officer to
focus their time on a vehicle with brake violations. Brake problems are the most common
vehicle-associated factor of large truck crashes, approximately 29% 1
, thus focusing more time on
brake violations would likely have an effect on the number of CMVs involved in accidents.
Table 6 shows the OOS rate and violation rate of test vehicles based on the amount of SIRIS
flags that occurred on the inspected vehicle. Vehicles with one or two flags were placed OOS
83.3% of the time. When used in the field, a vehicle that is flagged by SIRIS is very likely to be
placed OOS if inspected by enforcement personnel.
No. of
Flags
Table 6. Summary of Results Per Number of SIRIS Flags
Number of
Inspections
OOS Rate
Mean Brake
Violation
Rate
Mean Tire
Violation
Rate
Mean
Bearing
Violation
Rate
1 16 81.25% 2.7500 1.0625 0.0000
2 14 85.71% 3.0000 0.4286 0.0000
3 3 100.00% 7.6667 1.3333 0.6667
4 2 50.00% 2.0000 0.0000 0.0000
5+ 1 100.00% 4.0000 4.0000 0.0000
3.2 INSPECTION CORRELATION
Correlation data shown in Table 7 and Table 8 only includes brake-related results. Tire and
bearing data was not statistically significant with only 3 total flags and is not included in the
tables shown below. The findings below show that if SIRIS were to be used for anything other
than a screening tool, it would not be able to reliably place vehicles OOS without a PBBT or
Level-1 Inspection.
1. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Report to Congress on the Large
Truck Crash Causation Study. March 2006.