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.
If CVSA vehicle inspectors manage to find so many brake defects during roadside inspections, why can’t technicians and drivers find them first?
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week from Aug. 21-27 will focus on capturing data on brake hose/tubing chafing violations.
During Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week inspection and enforcement initiative, 88% of commercial motor vehicles did not have critical brake-related violations.
Nine ways to up your fleet's game for hydraulic, air, and exhaust brakes.
Brakes are the most important safety feature on trucks, yet they may not be getting the respect attention they deserve from drivers and technicians.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's Brake Safety Week will be held Aug. 22-28. Commercial motor vehicle inspectors will conduct inspections and remove commercial motor vehicles found to have brake-related out-of-service violations from the roadways.
Bendix, a designer, developer, and supplier of active safety technologies, has put together a guide to help fleets get ready for Brake Safety Week.
Why was your truck put out of service? Answers to common questions about brake inspections.
It might not come as a surprise that fleets often overlook brake hoses and tubing that supply air to their trucks' brakes.
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