The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced that the 2005 North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria is now available.

According to the CVSA press release, the voting membership approved changes to the updated issue. Changes will be effective throughout North America on April 1, 2005. Each change will be noted by an asterisk (*) and the April 1 issue is being reproduced on "pumpkin" or "orange" colored paper.
All CVSA-certified commercial vehicle law enforcement agencies in North America use the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria. The handbook and out-of-service pictorial edition include descriptions of the CVSA North American Standard Levels of inspection, inspection procedure schematics, Mexican CDL information, the CVSA strategic plan, and select CVSA operational policies including an explanation of the CVSA decal Program.
The 2005 edition also includes several additional color photos of out-of-service violations.
To order copies visit www.cvsa.org or email cvsahq@cvsa.org.