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Tag: Operation Safe Driver Week
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‘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
Toughest 15 (plus 2) states for moving violations ahead of enforcement blitz kicking off July 12
This year's Operation Safe Driver Week blitz begins July 12. Here are the states with the highest moving violation percentages, a safe bet for boosted activity.
July 1, 2020
Business
Speeding, seat belt use among top violations for truckers during Operation Safe Driver Week
CVSA selected speeding as the emphasis of the blitz for officers, which resulted in 1,454 tickets and 2,126 warnings issued to truck drivers for speeding, compared to 16,102 citations and 21,001 warnings to passenger car drivers for the offense.
September 17, 2019
Business
Annual CVSA enforcement spree to focus on speeding next week
In addition to speeding, law enforcement will be looking for other dangerous driving behaviors, including distracted driving, texting, failure to use a seatbelt, following too closely, improper lane change, reckless or aggressive driving, failure to obey traffic control devices, evidence of drunk or drugged driving and more.
July 12, 2019
Business
Driver-focused enforcement blitz resulted in nearly 11,000 citations for commercial drivers
During Operation Safe Driver Week, 10,709 citations were issued and 29,908 warnings were given to commercial vehicle drivers. Learn more on Overdrive.
September 19, 2018
Business
Driver focused inspection spree begins Sunday
Inspections will focus on traffic violations, seat belt enforcement, driver roadside inspections and driver regulatory compliance.
July 13, 2018
Business
Truckers rack up nearly 39,000 warnings, citations during Operation Safe Driver Week
Truckers were given 30,714 warnings and 8,164 citations during the enforcement blitz, 84.2 percent of which were for state and local moving violations. Speeding accounted for 7.4 percent of violations.
December 12, 2017
Business
Operation Safe Driver Week enforcement blitz begins Sunday
The annual enforcement blitz is scheduled for the week of Oct. 15-21. Officers will be looking for speeding, distracted driving, texting and driving, seatbelt usage, following too closely, improper lane changes, failure to obey traffic safety devices and more.
October 13, 2017
Business
Moving violations, speeding among top violations during Operation Safe Driver Week
Of the 20,648 total warnings and citations issued, 11,182 of them were to commercial vehicle drivers, including 6,078 warnings and 5,104 citations, mostly for speeding and other moving violations.
December 7, 2016
Business
Safe Driver Week enforcement spree ongoing this week
Law enforcement agencies across North America will engage in heightened traffic safety enforcement and education aimed at unsafe driving by both commercial motor vehicle drivers and car drivers during the week of Oct. 16-22.
October 14, 2016
Business
Nearly 20,000 inspections occurred in Safe Driver blitz in October, CVSA says
The top five warnings and citations issued to commercial truck drivers were size and weight, speeding, failure to use a seatbelt, failure to obey a traffic control device and using a handheld phone.
January 5, 2016
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