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âAbout timeâ: Readers respond to new CVSA directive not to wake off-duty drivers to inspect
Responses to CVSAâs new policy directive to inspectors not to wake off-duty truckers for the purposes of conducting a random inspection ranged from exasperated positivity â âAbout timeâ ran the two-word response of multiple readers at Overdriveâs Facebook page â to I-hope-they-get-the-memo identifications of specific problem jurisdictions.
November 14, 2018
Business
Texas inspector named Grand Champion among North American inspectors
Jeremy Usener, a commercial vehicle inspector from Texas, named the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's North American Inspectors Championship winner.
August 20, 2018
Voices
Reader: ELDs set to exacerbate existing parking, detention issues
âI donât think anyone has really considered what making all trucks go ELD will do and all the problems it will cause. There isnât enough parking now.â âreader Josiah Gonzalez, via email. And: A little personal conveyance wiggle room.
February 21, 2017
Channel 19
Think youâve got inspection frustration?
It could be worse: While Overdriveâs CSA survey shows continuing concern for deteriorating law-enforcement/driver relations, be thankful youâre in America and not Argentina, as a recent case illustratesâŚ
May 26, 2014
Channel 19
Light violations arenât the only ones being stacked
Readers offer further examples of multiple violations written that stem from one root cause, known as âstackingâ and discouraged at the federal level.
October 24, 2013
Voices
Team driver to law enforcement: âDonât wake me upâ
This letter from reader Martin Hill calls for state/federal law enforcement and inspection staff to cease practice of forcing sleeping codrivers awake for nothing more than an I.D. check.
June 21, 2013
Business
FMCSAâs focus on inspections a point of contention at CVSA workshop
ATA representative Phil Byrd challenged the enforcement community to shift priorities away from inspections to traffic enforcement. Also: Regulatory update from FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.
April 23, 2013
Business
Two-day blitz places 109 drivers out of service
Nearly 100 of those drivers were sidelined for log violations during the two-day blitz on I-10 in Eastern Arizona.
March 7, 2013
Channel 19
Treadle valve corrosion a growing problem?
Adjustment isnât the only brake problem going â observer and longtime former driver Allan Powell suggests treadle valve corrosion is a growing issue.
January 24, 2013
Channel 19
Take CSA challenge: Win iPad, $5,000
The folks at Big Truck TV, in partnership with AT&T, have announced a competition taking applications from potential competitors, including you, through early February. âThe CSA Challenge will comprise six challengers being chosen to compete over a two-month period,â or 10 weeks, says Michael Carpentier, Big Truck TV CEO. Each challenger will receive an iPad2 [âŚ]
December 10, 2011
Channel 19
Skydiving to the ark: A Channel 19 2010 âYear in Reviewâ
Itâs been a banner year for dramatic, contentious, weird and/or humorous trucking news here on the Channel 19 blog. I canât possibly predict how 2010 will be remembered years down the line, but read through the lens of this blog, well, it was nothing short of tumultuous, containing the highest of highs and the lowest [âŚ]
December 31, 2010
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