Roadcheck
Annual Roadcheck inspection spree to focus on hours violations
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's annual International Roadcheck, a three-day ramp up of truck and bus enforcement across North America, is scheduled for June 5-7. The year's focus will be on hours-of-service compliance, says CVSA, due in part to the implementation of the ELD mandate.
Read MoreHours, brake violations top Roadcheck out-of-service orders
The top three driver-related violations were for hours of service (32.3 percent of driver out-of-service violations), wrong class license (14.9 percent) and false log book (11.3 percent).
Read MoreNearly 2,000 trucks sidelined during Roadcheck inspection blitz in Texas
In total, the Texas Department of Public Safety inspected 8,182 commercial vehicles during the blitz, placing 1,938 of those (or 23.6 percent) out-of-service.
Read MoreTwo weeks left to prepare for CVSA’s Roadcheck inspection blitz
Inspectors will primarily be conducting CVSA Level I inspections, the most thorough inspection, throughout the three-day event. While cargo securement is a typical part of a Level I inspection, enforcement officials will be taking a closer look during Roadcheck.
Read MoreTips for cargo securement offered by CVSA ahead of Roadcheck inspection blitz
Violations related to load securement include failure to prevent shifting and/or loss of load; failure to secure truck equipment; damaged tie-downs; insufficient tie-downs; and loose tie-downs.
Read MoreBrake 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.
Read MoreAnnual Roadcheck inspection blitz two months out
The annual inspection spree is set for June 6-8. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will focus on cargo securement during the event this year.
Read MoreLoad securement to be focus of annual Roadcheck inspection blitz
Violations related to cargo securement include failure to prevent shifting/loss of cargo, failure to secure truck equipment, damaged tie-downs, insufficient tie-downs and loose tie-downs.
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In which Wendy responds to a Texas lawyer who, with the help of the Dallas Morning News, "asserts that most everyone who took the past three days off is now back on the road, driving illegally to make up for lost time." ...
Read MoreOn the scene: Roadcheck 2016 sights from a Mississippi scale house
Overdrive spent some time with the Mississippi Department of Transportation at the westbound Kewanee weigh station on I-20/59 as Roadcheck 2016 kicked off Tuesday morning, detailed in the photos here.
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