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Oct 26, 2016

INTERNATIONAL ROADCHECK * USA: 21.5 % of trucks, out of service

* DC - Hours of service, improper logs lead violations for truckers during Roadcheck, brakes top equipment violation

--- Inspectors during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual 72-hour International Roadcheck campaign placed 21.5 percent of trucks inspected out of service, along with 3.4 percent of drivers, according to numbers released Oct. 20 by CVSA... CVSA reported 9,080 trucks were placed out of service during the inspection blitz, while 1,436 drivers were placed out of service... Hours of service violations and logbook violations led the driver-related out-of-service violations, while brake violations accounted for nearly half of the vehicle out-of-service orders issued during the week... Of the 62,796 inspections performed across North America during the event, 42,236 were North American Standard Level I inspections, the most comprehensive inspection level. CVSA says the number of total inspections and Level I inspections were down in 2016, and the vehicle and driver out-of-service percentages are at record lows for the annual Roadcheck event... 
(Photo: the Roadcheck for Brake Safety Week 2016)  --  Washington, DC, USA - Overdrive, by Matt Cole - October 20, 2016

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May 30, 2016

"International Roadcheck" * USA - A pre-announced check of commercial vehicles in N.A.

* Texas - Danger looms in annual road safety blitz. Some drivers take a “Roadcheck Vacation” to avoid getting caught


-- One of the most dangerous times of the year to be on the road is coming next week, although a majority of drivers will never realize the risks because they were never warned. International Roadcheck is a largely unnoticed annual three-day program in which law enforcement in the U.S. and throughout North America inspect as many commercial vehicles as possible, including tractor-trailers, buses and other heavy trucks, looking for safety violations. The 2016 initiative will be June 7-9. Although most of the public doesn’t even know Roadcheck exists, the trucking industry has been issuing related warnings to drivers and trucking companies for months. Unfortunately, a lot of improperly licensed drivers and those who operate unsafe trucks avoid work during Roadcheck in order to escape the scrutiny of safety regulators. The scenario of truckers deciding to stay away during this three-day stretch has become so common that it’s called a “Roadcheck Vacation” among trucking industry insiders...
(Photo Comstock Getty Images: Many unsafe truck drivers will schedule a vacation June 7-9 to avoid annual International Roadcheck)  --  Fort Worth, TXS, USA - The Star-Telegram, by STEVE LAIRD - May 27, 2016

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Jul 14, 2010

Roadcheck * USA - Places just 4.4 percent of drivers OOS

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -July 13, 2010: -- For the second straight year, just 4.4 percent of commercial drivers and 20 percent of commercial vehicles were placed out of service during the annual Roadcheck... Certified inspectors in the U.S. conducted 65,327 inspections, with nearly 49,000 counted as Level I, during the blitz June 8-10... The Level I inspection netted a higher overall pass rate, as just 3.7 percent were placed OOS. The vehicle OOS rate, however, increased slightly during Level I inspections from 22.2 percent in 2009 to 23.3 percent this year... Brake-related defects continue to be the most common reason cited for an inspector placing a vehicle out of service, with hours-of-service violations being the leading reason for sidelining a driver... Just 2.7 percent of hazmat drivers and 16.3 percent of hazmat vehicles were sidelined during Roadcheck, CVSA officials reported. That’s an improvement over the 2009 level...

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Jul 11, 2010

Roadcheck Blitz * Canada - Provinces shuffle OOS ratings in

Eighty percent of Canadian commercial vehicles inspected during the annual CVSA Roadcheck campaign last month

Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -8 July 2010: ... Over the 72-hour roadside inspection blitz, 7,311 vehicles and drivers at 158 sites across the country underwent full inspections for mechanical and driver fitness... In total, 1,434 trucks, 29 passenger-carrying vehicles and 199 drivers were placed out of service for various safety defects and violations... Although slightly higher than last year’s figure of 17.8 percent, this year’s average vehicle OOS rate of 20 percent continues an overall downward trend over the past several years, says the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators... In many cases, drivers were able to make the necessary adjustments on site, are re-inspected and continue on their way... A total of 2.7 percent of drivers were placed out of service for logbook, driver qualification or paperwork problems, a slight improvement over 2009, when 95 percent of drivers were in compliance... Brake-related defects continue to account for close to half of all OOS violations, leading enforcement officials to encourage carriers and drivers alike to take an active part in the upcoming CVSA 2010 Brake Safety Week planned for September 12-18...

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Apr 23, 2010

TRUCKS INSPECTIONS * USA - CVSA Roadcheck dates changed to June 8-10

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -April 21, 2010: -- This year’s CVSA Roadcheck inspection blitz will take place June 8-10 ... The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Director of Enforcement Programs Collin Mooney says the agency changed the timing because the original dates immediately followed Memorial Day weekend... CVSA teams with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and other agencies, including Transport Canada as well as the Secretaria of Communications and Transportation in Mexico, in the annual blitz that aims to crack down on non-compliant trucks and drivers... The primary reasons cited by inspectors for placing vehicles and drivers out of service continue to be brakes and logbooks, respectively... (Photo from blog.fleetowner: trucking inspection)

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Jun 25, 2009

Roadcheck 2009 * USA - Results Show Improvement, CVSA Says

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -25 June 2009: -- Roadcheck 2009 inspections showed significant declines in vehicle and driver out-of-service rates as well as safety belt violations, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said Thursday... Overall compliance rate for the annual 72-hour Roadcheck period, held June 2-4, was 80.4%, the highest since 1996. The overall driver compliance rate was 95.7% — the highest ever, CVSA said... Certified inspectors at 2,148 locations performed a record 72,782 truck and bus inspections, said CVSA, which is up of law enforcement officials in the U.S., Canada and Mexico... (Photo from feetowner: truck inspection)

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Jun 5, 2008

Roadcheck 2008 * USA - Runs Through Thursday

Three-Day Event Spans U.S., Canada, Mexico

Tampa, Fla.,USA -WTVT Fox-13/ Transport Topics -5 June 2008: -- The three-day Roadcheck 2008, targeting thousands of trucks in the United States, Canada and Mexico, concludes Thursday, as officials inspect thousands of trucks around North America for potential safety violations... The annual safety blitz involves about 10,000 federal, state and local law enforcement officers conducting commercial vehicle inspections across about 1,500 sites throughout the North America... Inspections have become more advanced over the years, with greater use of technology, reported... This year, infrared cameras will be used to aid in brake inspections, the television station said on its Web site... (Photo by Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg News)

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May 22, 2008

Roadcheck * North America - CVSA's one, set for June 3-5; seat belts a top priority

Washington,DC,USA -TruckStop Canada -22 May 2008: -- When 10,000 inspectors deploy to 1,000 inspection sites this summer for the CVSA’s annual Roadcheck enforcement blitz, seat belt usage will be among their top priorities... The 72-hour Roadcheck is scheduled for June 3, 4 and 5 and will take place in the USA, Canada and Mexico...

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Jul 21, 2007

Roadcheck * USA/Canada - Results from 2007's one

Indicate that there were some improvements, but that more needs to be done by the U.S. trucking industry in the area of driver and vehicle safety

Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker -18 July 2007: -- ... Results this year reflected increases in the number of drivers wearing safety belts and complying with hazardous materials regulations, according to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CSVA), which sponsors the annual campaign...
Driver results for the vehicle types were:
• All vehicles: 93.8 percent of drivers passed and 6.2 percent were placed out of service compared to 5.6 percent in 2006.
• Hazmat: 96.5 percent of drivers passed and 3.5 percent were put out of service compared to 3.0 percent in a year ago.
• Motor coaches: 96.2 percent of drivers passed and 3.8 percent were placed out of service, compared with 2.9 percent in 2006.
Vehicle results were:
• All vehicles: 78.5 percent of vehicles passed and 21.5 percent were pulled out of service compared with 21.7 percent last year.
• Hazmat: 82.3 percent of vehicles passed and 17.7 percent were placed out of service compared with 18.2 percent in 2006.
• Motor coaches: 87.7 percent of vehicles passed and 12.3 percent were put out of service compared with 9.2 percent a year ago.

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Jul 3, 2007

Roadcheck 2007 * Canada - Scores well during inspection blitz

The Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) says 82% of Canadian vehicles inspected during the Roadcheck inspection blitz in early June demonstrated a high level of mechanical fitness

Ottawa,Ont,CAN -Truck News, by James Menzies -2 July 2007: -- ... The annual Roadcheck blitz was held across North America June 5-7. Overall, 78.5% of North American vehicles passed the inspection with 21.5% placed out-of-service. Here in Canada, only 4% of drivers were put out-of-service due to logbook or documentation problems... CCMTA said brake-related defects continue to be the biggest cause of violations resulting in vehicles being placed out-of-service, accounting for about half of all violations... Across North America, a record 62,370 inspections were conducted at 1,449 locations. North America results showed: 93.8% of all drivers passed the inspection while 96.5% of HazMat drivers passed; and 78.5% of all vehicles passed with 82.3% of all HazMat trucks passing...

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Jun 29, 2007

Roadcheck 2007 * Canada - First to report stats

Canada -Land Line Magazine (USA) -June 28, 2007: -- Officials in Canada say public safety officers conducted 7,275 commercial-vehicle inspections during CVSA Roadcheck 2007, placing 1,324 trucks and 291 drivers out-of-service for violations... The Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administration reported that inspectors in all 10 provinces and two territories sidelined 18.6 percent of trucks and 3.9 percent of drivers for violations during the annual blitz June 5-7... The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance conducts the annual Roadcheck in the U.S., Canada and Mexico...

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Jun 25, 2007

Roadcheck 2007 * USA - Maine's inspects commerical trucks for safety violations

Kittery,Maine,USA -The Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover,NH), by STEVEN GINTZ -June 23, 2007: -- State Police said while work still needs to be done, commercial trucking throughout the state is steadily improving in terms of proper operation and safety... The biggest driver-related violation, said State Police Lt. Thomas Kelly, is the falsifying of records of duty status, either with errors in records or to conceal they have driven more hours than allowed. Out of 673 total inspections, 61 false records of duty status were found, according to police records... On the vehicle-related side, Kelly said most problems involve brakes, but police require immediate work to be done, regardless of the issue. A total of 79 vehicles were declared out of service and needing work, said Kelly... Additionally, with inspections being random, other issues are discovered as well, including drug and alcohol violations and even immigration issues...

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Jun 14, 2007

Roadcheck 2007 * USA - One in 4 inspected trucks sidelined last week

Cleveland,OH,USA -The Plain Dealer/blog.cleveland.com, by Mark Puente -June 13, 2007: -- State Highway Patrol troopers and motor carrier inspectors sidelined 564 commercial vehicles and 109 drivers last week during Roadcheck 2007, a national effort that promoted 72 hours of inspections throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico... Officers inspected 2,025 commercial vehicles between June 5 and June 7 and issued 4,740 safety violations on Ohio roadways. The troopers and inspectors teamed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to rid the roads of unsafe trucks... The most cited safety violations during the effort included unsafe brakes, tires and lights. Hours-of-service violations were the leading reason drivers were placed out of service. Four drivers were placed out of service for drug or alcohol violations, the patrol said...

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