NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

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