* Maryland - Heads Up! Brake Safety Week next week
-- Law enforcement agencies will conduct brake system inspections on large trucks and buses to identify out-of-adjustment brakes and brake-system violations as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Brake Safety Week... The event is an annual outreach and enforcement campaign, organized by this group representing local, state, provincial, territorial and federal motor carrier safety officials and trucking industry representatives from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico... According to CVSA, brake-related violations made up the largest number of all out-of-service violations cited during Operation Airbrake’s companion International Roadcheck campaign in 2014, 46.2 percent, which is focused on both vehicles and drivers... Brake inspections conducted during Brake Safety Week include inspection of brake-system components to identify loose or missing parts, air or hydraulic fluid leaks, worn linings, pads, drums or rotors, and other faulty brake-system components. Antilock braking system (ABS) malfunction indicator lamps also are checked. Inspectors will inspect brake components and measure pushrod stroke where applicable. Defective or out-of-adjustment brakes will result in the vehicle being placed out of service...
(Photo: "Brake Safety Week” is here) -- Greenbelt, MAR, USA - Today's Trucking (CAN)– Sep 2, 2015
* DC - Operation Safe Driver in October
-- Another continent wide blitz will get underway, but it will also focus on trucking’s four-wheeled companions of the roadway... From Oct. 18-24 law enforcement agencies will engage in heightened traffic safety enforcement and education aimed at unsafe driving behaviors as part of CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver Week... Activities will be held across Canada and the U.S.A. with the goal of increasing commercial vehicle and non-commercial vehicle traffic enforcement, safety belt enforcement, driver roadside inspections and driver regulatory compliance, according to the group... Last year, during the week-long campaign, law enforcement officers pulled over 59,080 commercial vehicle drivers and car drivers for unsafe driving behaviors. Data was collected by 4,337 law enforcement officials at 1,549 locations across the United States and Canada. There also were outreach events throughout the week at high schools, state capitals, state fairs, truck rodeos, sporting events and other locations... The top five warnings and citations issued to CMV drivers were: (1) speeding, (2) failure to use a safety belt, (3) failure to obey traffic control devices, (4) improper lane change, and (5) following too closely...
(Photo: Research shows that too many drivers of passenger cars, especially young people ages 16 to 24 years old, unnecessarily endanger themselves due to inattention or reckless driving around the big rigs) -- Washington, DC, USA - Today's Trucking (CAN) - Sep 2, 2015Labels: road safety campaign, trucking industry news USA
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