NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Last year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) voted to approve 17 changes to out-of-service criteria during inspections. Those changes have recently gone into effect. Changes include: Intoxicating Beverages - "Be on Duty or Operate” was amended to state that when the driver is in possession of wine or beer with an alcohol content of 0.5% or more, or any distilled spirit, the driver is out of service. Driver’s Record of Duty Status – Property-Carrying Vehicles we

During CVSA's Brake Safety Week in August, inspectors throughout North America conducted 15,175 commercial vehicle inspections. Results include: A 15.1% (2,296) out-of-service rate due to brake related violations. OOS brake violations include: defective brakes, brake hoses/tubes, steering axle and air loss rate. Drum and Rotor violations included: broken rotor, rusted rotor, metal-to-metal, and broken drums. Our DOT Compliance Service can help with Vehicle Maintenance -

Operation Safe Driver Week is a 7-day inspection blitz which took place July 13-19 throughout the U.S. and Canada. This year's focus was on driver behavior. During the inspection period, officers issued 3,230 warnings and 1,839 tickets/citations to commercial motor vehicle drivers, and 345 warnings and 665 tickets/citations to passenger vehicle drivers for various unsafe driving behaviors. The main violations cited were for reckless/careless/inattentive driving, speeding, fai