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Overdrive Radio
Martin Herman on the value of roadside inspections — and his Big Cam-powered 1970 KW’s transformation
Martin Herman, independent owner-operator and tank-doubles hauler, discusses upcoming Brake Safety Week inspection and his restored Kenworth needlenose W925.
August 21, 2020
Business
More than 4,600 trucks parked during Brake Safety Week for brake-related violations
During the week, inspectors conducted 34,320 inspections on commercial vehicles, resulting in 4,626 (13.5%) out of service orders for brakes violations.
November 12, 2019
Channel 19
Where Brake Safety Week, starting Sunday, is something of a year-round affair
Keeping up with your braking systems might be the most important thing you can do when it comes to avoiding the principal violations inspectors are looking for year-round, nationally, and particularly in the states shown here. Window also, here, on brake-related resources available via Overdrive and elsewhere.
September 12, 2019
Business
Be prepared for next week’s nationwide Brake Safety Week inspection spree
If the results of June’s 72-hour International Roadcheck inspection blitz are any indication, Brake Safety Week may not be a pleasant experience for a number of drivers. Braking systems were the top OOS violation, accounting for more than a quarter of OOS violations with 4,578, or 28% of the total.
September 10, 2019
Business
Brake Safety Week inspection blitz set for Sept. 15-21
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Brake Safety Week will focus on brake hoses and tubing. Inspectors will be checking to make sure the hoses and tubing are properly attached, undamaged, without leaks and appropriately flexible.
August 16, 2019
Business
More than 1,600 trucks sidelined during unannounced brake inspection blitz
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced commercial vehicle inspectors conducted 10,358 inspections across the U.S. and Canada and sidelined 1,667 (16.1%) of those trucks.
August 7, 2019
Business
Nearly 5,000 trucks sidelined during annual brakes-focused inspection spree
According to CVSA, inspectors across the U.S. and Canada inspected 35,080 commercial vehicles during the blitz and placed 4,955 (14.1 percent) out of service for brakes violations during September’s Brake Safety Week.
November 6, 2018
Business
Brakes-focused inspection blitz begins Sunday
CVSA says most of the inspections performed during the weeklong blitz will be full Level I inspections, the most comprehensive inspection. Details here.
September 14, 2018
Business
Brake Safety Week intensifies this year to a single-day blitz
Save the date: Sept. 7 is Brake Safety Day this year. The International Roadcheck enforcement blitz is on its way in just more than a month, June 6-8. And later in the year, the activities around Operation Safe Driver Oct. 15-21 will target unsafe behaviors, including those of automobile drivers navigating around commercial vehicles.
April 24, 2017
Business
National inspection blitz puts nearly 4k trucks out of service, over half for brake violations
Nearly 2,400 trucks were placed out-of-service for brake violations and nearly 2,700 trucks were placed out-of-service for non-brake-related violation during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week, held Sept. 11-17.
November 14, 2016
Business
Nationwide brake inspection blitz running this week
All of next week, inspectors will ramp up enforcement across North America to target brake violations.
September 9, 2016
Business
Inspectors place 2,300 vehicles out of service during Brake Week enforcement blitz
The results are in from this year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Brake Safety Week held Sept. 6-12, and inspectors placed 2,321 of the 18,817 vehicles inspected out-of-service during the week for brake violations.
October 29, 2015
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