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County Inspections * USA - More Trucks Failing
VA,USA -The Washington Post, by Dagny Salas -July 12, 2009: -- Since 1995, Sgt. Richard Noble has been crawling and sliding underneath dump trucks and tractor-trailers as an inspector for the Prince William County Motor Carrier Safety Unit. But lately, he's been branding more trucks unfit for the road... Early last month, his unit and Virginia State Police inspected 1,559 commercial motor vehicles along Route 1 and Interstate 95 and other locations in Prince William, Fairfax and Loudoun counties as part of an annual joint program. They placed 24.5 percent of the vehicles out of service for violating regulations set forth by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, an international standards agency for the industry. The national average for vehicles placed out of service for the first half of this year is 19.9 percent, according to CVSA data... In Prince William, 25 percent of vehicles inspected this year have been placed out of service, up from 19 percent the previous two years, according to county data... Tough economic times might have forced drivers to abandon necessary truck repairs, Noble said. Generally, inspectors look for mechanical and maintenance problems, including inoperable brakes or lamps, improperly secured loads and fuel leaks... (Photo from media.canada: A dump-truck inspection in 2004 in West Vancouver)
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