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CVSA inspector looking at brakes underneath truck
Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 6, 2025

15% of Trucks Put Out of Service During 2025 Brake Safety Week

During Brake Safety Week, commercial vehicle inspectors put 15% of vehicles inspected out of service for brake violations.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeOctober 10, 2025

Brakes Top Roadcheck Out of Service Violations

During International Roadcheck, commercial vehicle enforcement personnel put nearly a fifth of the vehicles inspected out of service for serious violations, most commonly for problems with their brakes.

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Newsby StaffAugust 21, 2025

10 Articles to Help Trucking Companies Prepare for Brake Safety Week

What is Brake Safety Week focusing on this year? And how can your fleet's trucks and drivers be ready?

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 25, 2025

Nearly 400 Commercial Vehicles Put Out of Service for Brake Violations

Nearly 9% of the commercial vehicles inspected during an unannounced Brake Safety Day were put out of service for brake-related safety violations.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeMay 4, 2025

Don’t Fear the Blitz: How Truckers Can Own CVSA’s International Roadcheck

Preparation is the key for trucking companies to not only surviving CVSA's annual 72-hour inspection blitz, but turning those inspections to their advantage.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 4, 2025

CVSA Adds English Proficiency to Out of Service Criteria

In response to an executive order, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is changing its out of service criteria, calling for commercial drivers without English proficiency to be pulled off the road.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseApril 29, 2025

Operation Safe Driver Week to Target Reckless, Careless Driving

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will focus on reckless, careless, and dangerous driving among both truck drivers and passenger-vehicle drivers during Operation Safe Driver Week July 13-19.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeApril 28, 2025

Trump Wants Crackdown on Non-English-Speaking Truck Drivers

Roadside inspection officials will be instructed to more strictly enforce a federal regulation requiring commercial drivers to be able to speak English under a new executive order from President Trump.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 27, 2025

What Is CVSA's Focus For 2025 Roadcheck Inspection Blitz?

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will hold its annual International Roadcheck commercial vehicle inspection blitz May 13-15, with a special focus on one driver violation area and one vehicle violation area.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 9, 2024

CVSA Releases 2024 International Roadcheck Results

CVSA inspectors discovered 13,567 vehicle, 2,714 driver and 163 hazardous materials/dangerous goods (HM/DG) out-of-service violations and placed 9,345 commercial motor vehicle combinations and 2,290 drivers out of service during RoadCheck 2024.

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