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Published out-of-service rates don’t mean much until you dig into the why. With brake problems consistently placing in two of the top five spots, maybe we’re missing something in brake maintenance, writes HDT Equipment Editor Jim Park.
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Of the 38,117 inspections of commercial motor vehicles during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week, 13% were placed out of service for brake-related violations.
Read More →Building on the success of the 2022 three-day campaign, the CVSA Human Trafficking Prevention Program decided to extend the campaign to five days for 2023.
Read More →The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s three-day International Roadcheck will run May 16 through May 18, 2023.
Read More →Shipping papers and containment packaging violations were among the top vehicle violations during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s hazardous materials/dangerous goods inspection initiative.
Read More →A new CVSA inspection program for fleets with autonomous trucks will allow driverless trucks to bypass weigh stations.
Read More →The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance conducts two major brake inspection initiatives each year. Year over year, the brake defect out-of-service rate remains about the same. Why aren’t we making progress in bringing those numbers down?
Read More →CVSA’s Will Schaefer and HDT’s Jim Park dig into the reasons for the fairly consistent brake out-of-service rates and how inspectors manage to uncover brake defects that seem to elude drivers and technicians.
Read More →Between July 10-16, law enforcement personnel will be on the lookout for commercial motor vehicle drivers engaging in risky driving.
Read More →On Brake Safety Day, North American inspectors put 1,290 CMVs out of service for severe brake problems — 14% of the 9,132 commercial motor vehicles inspected that day.
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