Tag: Brake Safety Week: Page 2

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Long-haulin’ hotel sweepstakes, brake safety in Arizona …

With “Brake Safety Week” inspections kicked off around the country, are you seeing anything out of the ordinary? And: Hotels4Truckers and Transfix launch Long Haulin’ Hotel Sweepstakes.

September 8, 2015

Channel 19

Top 10: States where brake violations are most prevalent

Headed into national Brake Safety Week (set for this coming week, September 6-13), here are the places where brake violations make up an outsize share of all enforcement actions.

September 3, 2015

Business

Inspection spree set for this week — here’s what to watch for

Here are the dates CVSA has set for the annual Brake Safety Week inspection blitz.

August 31, 2015

Business

Brake inspection blitz places 16.2% of vehicles out of service, up from 2013 rate

The percentage of vehicles placed out of service in 2014 jumped a few points from 2013’s record-low of 13.5 percent, but the percentage comes from a smaller sample size.

January 5, 2015

Business

Brake inspection blitz happening this week

The annual Brake Safety Week inspection spree is taking place this week, Sept. 7-13. CVSA says more than 30,000 trucks and buses will be inspected.

September 5, 2014

Channel 19

Preps for Brake Safety Week, starting tomorrow

Brake maintenance tips and resources from longtime brake system components manufacturer Bendix — and the top states for brake inspections/violations.

September 7, 2013

Business

Brake inspections place 3,248 trucks out of service

Of the 21,255 trucks inspected in mid-September as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week, 15.3 percent were placed out of service.

October 26, 2012

Business

CVSA: Brakes top out-of-service violations

CVSA inspectors will focus on brakes in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

September 9, 2011

Business

LogBook

The proposed national fuel economy and greenhouse gas reduction standards, electronic on-board recorders, CAT vocational trucks and a Hoover Dam bridge are among the trucking issues featured.

November 1, 2010

Business

Fewer trucks removed for defective brakes

Fewer vehicles were taken out of service for brake defects during Operation Air Brake’s Brake Safety Week this year.

October 18, 2010