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Overdrive Radio

‘We’re supposed to be in this thing together’: Level 3 inspection advice and more with Kansas trooper

Kansas trooper Nick Wright answers a variety of DOT inspection-related questions to help prepare you for any roadside inspection. Listen on Overdrive today.

July 13, 2020

Business

Surviving a Level 3 driver inspection: Are you ready for Roadcheck?

Drivers can expect Level 3 inspections to play a bigger part in CVSA's International Roadcheck inspection spree this year. Details here on Overdrive.

July 8, 2020

Business

Roadcheck inspection blitz out of service due to coronavirus pandemic, for now

Due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, the annual CVSA Roadcheck for 2020 has been postponed to an undetermined date. More information here on Overdrive.

March 25, 2020

Business

Roadcheck inspection blitz set for early May

No truck driver wants to encounter an out-of-service violation. Prepare for the 2020 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's Roadcheck inspections with Overdrive.

January 27, 2020

Business

More than 12,000 trucks sidelined with OOS violations during June’s 72-hour Roadcheck blitz

CVSA says 12,019 trucks and 2,784 drivers were placed out of service, accounting for a 17.9% vehicle OOS rate and a 4.2% driver OOS rate during the blitz. In total, inspectors across the U.S. and Canada conducted 67,072 inspections from June 4-6.

August 30, 2019

Business

‘Roadcheck effect’ pushed spot rates and demand indicators higher

While fewer Overdrive readers than in years past signaled they’d be taking the week off for Roadcheck, as previously reported, measurable spot-market participation on the truck side was nonetheless down in DAT’s metrics, pushing demand indicators and average rates up.

June 13, 2019

Business

Over 300 trucks, drivers placed out-of-service during Roadcheck in Rhode Island, New Hampshire

State police from Rhode Island and New Hampshire conducted more than 900 inspections resulting in 1,900 violations – more than 300 of which were out-of-service violations.

June 11, 2019

Business

Annual 72-hour Roadcheck inspection blitz begins Tuesday

The annual International Roadcheck 72-hour inspection blitz will be held June 4-6 with a focus on steering and suspension systems. Inspectors will primarily conduct Level I inspections on most rigs checked during the event.

June 3, 2019

Business

Michigan police targeting unsafe truckers, car drivers in two-week enforcement campaign

Michigan State Police’s Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) enforcement campaign will focus on aggressive driving by passenger vehicles and trucks along I-94 between Jackson and Taylor. Officers will be looking for improper lane use, speeding and more on June 3-7 and June 10-14.

June 3, 2019

Voices

Roadcheck preps: ‘Business as usual’ for many owner-ops, though questions about roadside approach remain

Preps for Roadcheck by Overdrive readers include a variety of equipment inspections and third-party checks, plus just “business as usual” for the largest share — the nearly as large number of recent poll respondents who noted they scheduled vacation highlights how many view the cat-and-mouse approach to roadside inspections, as little more than a nuisance.

May 31, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Let’s end the cat-and-mouse approach to roadside inspections

“In the wake of several state troopers and truck drivers being hit on the side of the road in recent months, I feel the time has come to change the regulations and require more than one inspection be conducted every 12 months in an approved location.” Forcing more routine around equipment inspections, owner-op Gary Buchs believes, will pay multiple dividends.

May 15, 2019

Business

Stay Metrics offering free Roadcheck training

This year’s training module offers information on what inspectors will be looking for with the steering wheel and column, steering systems, axels and torsion bars, suspension systems and more. Stay Metrics and Luma began offering the complimentary training modules for Roadcheck in 2016.

May 15, 2019