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CVSA Safety Enforcement Operation Catches More Than 66,000 Drivers
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Law enforcement officers and inspectors nabbed more than 66,000 drivers engaging in unsafe behavior on U.S. and Canadian roadways as part of Operation Safe Driver Week, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced Sept. 2.
September 2, 2020CVSA's International Roadcheck Rescheduled for Sept. 9-11
A Virginia State Police officer performs a load securement inspection during a previous International Roadcheck event. This year's focus will be on driver requirements. (Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance)
The postponed International Roadcheck event has been rescheduled for Sept. 9-11, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced Aug. 10.
August 10, 2020CVSA Offers Coronavirus Guidance to Roadside Inspectors, Drivers
A Maryland State Trooper directs a truck to be inspected in West Friendship, Md., during a road check event. CVSA recommends inspectors keep their distance from drivers during the coronavirus outbreak. (CVSA)
From decontamination of their uniforms daily to keeping their distance from truck cabs and drivers, roadside inspectors face increasingly challenging conditions in keeping the nation’s highways safe in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
March 24, 202013.5% of Vehicles Inspected During Brake Safety Week Placed Out of Service
A brake inspection from a previous Brake Safety Week. (CVSA)
About 13.5% of commercial motor vehicles inspected in the U.S. and Canada during 2019 Brake Safety Week in September were removed from roadways for brake-related violations, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced Nov. 12.
November 12, 2019Car Drivers Get 92% of Speeding Citations During CVSA Safety Initiative
A trucked gets pulled over on U.S. Route 52 in St. Paul, Minn., in 2015. Commercial motor vehicles drivers were issued about 8% of all speeding citations during 2019 Operation Safe Driver Week. (Ruin Raider/Flickr)
Law enforcement officers issued more than 17,000 speeding citations to drivers of cars and trucks traveling on highways in the United States and Canada during Operation Safe Driver Week.
September 17, 2019CVSA Asks Senate to Fund an Updated Major Crash Causation Study
CVSA Executive Director Collin Mooney speaks at the 2017 Management Conference & Exhibition. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has asked U.S. Senate appropriators to include funding in the 2020 transportation funding bill for a study that would explore the causes for commercial vehicle crashes, an update to a similar study completed 16 years ago.
August 9, 2019CVSA Inspectors Place More Than 1,600 CMVs Out of Service for Brake Violations
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Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspectors removed more than 1,600 commercial vehicles from roadways in the U.S. and Canada for critical brake-related violations during an unannounced enforcement effort.
August 8, 2019Perspective: ELD Data Can Help Fleets Improve Safety
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will hold its annual Operation Safe Driver Week July 14-20, and this year’s theme is speeding.
July 12, 2019CVSA Seeks Solution to Allow Inspectors to Ticket Shippers for Cargo Securement Violations
A worker pushes a hydraulic hand pallet truck at a warehouse. The CVSA wants to put more of the onus on properly securing cargo on shippers. (Getty Images)
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has asked U.S. and Canadian trucking regulators to explore a solution that would permit roadside inspectors to cite shippers — not just drivers and motor carriers — for cargo securement violations in sealed trailers and intermodal containers.
May 22, 2019CVSA Petitions FMCSA to Drop Rear Underride Guard Label Requirement
A Stoughton Trailers rear impact guard. (Joseph Terry/Transport Topics)
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has petitioned federal regulators to eliminate a requirement that manufacturer certification stickers be on truck and trailer rear underride guards.
April 9, 2019