Roadcheck Results Indicate Little Change From 2002

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orth American truck inspectors reported mixed results for the trucking industry during this year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Roadcheck enforcement event, with a slight increase in the percentage of vehicles placed out of service but a small decrease in the number of drivers ordered to shut down.

Roadcheck is a yearly event begun 16 years ago during which CVSA asks all its members — who include truck and bus safety inspectors in the United States, Canada and Mexico — to go all out for three days and saturate the highways checking out commercial vehicles and their drivers. CVSA held this year’s safety blitz June 3-5.

“Roadcheck is an important juncture during the year for us to assess our contributions to safer roadways for all of North America,” CVSA Executive Director Stephen F. Campbell said in a statement. “We want to showcase the outstanding efforts of all North American inspectors — who are out there every day — and highlight the progress of their impacts on highway safety.”

CVSA said 22.7% of vehicles inspected during Roadcheck 2003 were placed out of service, up from 22% in 2002.

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