brakes News Updates

Since May, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has given the OK for at least seven motor carriers to deploy the Intellistop braking system for up to five years, with restrictions.

Utility Trailer Manufacturing will offer Trident composite steel shell drum brakes from Accuride as standard on all its trailer models, the company said Sept. 17.

Inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 4,898 commercial motor vehicle inspections in a brake safety event April 30, putting 570 vehicles out of service for critical violations.

More than one of every 10 commercial vehicles inspected April 19 during a special one-day brake enforcement effort event were sidelined with bad brakes.

In 1995, the Technology & Maintenance Council created a recommended practice for the classification of aftermarket brake lining materials. The hope was to create a standard.

Federal trucking regulators have received exemption requests from motor carriers looking for long-term authority to deploy a brake-lamp technology with a pulsating bulb feature.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied an exemption to the manufacturer of a brake-lamp technology with a pulsating bulb feature intended to help reduce rear-end collisions with trucks and trailers.

The owner of brake-lamp technology with a pulsating bulb feature intended to help reduce rear-end collisions with trucks and trailers has asked a federal appellate court to compel the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to act on a long-pending exemption request to permit the company to deploy the system.

Commercial motor vehicle inspectors will be conducting this year’s Brake Safety Week from Aug. 21-27, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced June 7.

Commercial motor vehicle inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 35,764 inspections during Brake Safety Week, placing 12% of the vehicles inspected out of service due to critical brake-related conditions.