Truck drivers and fleets have a month left to prepare for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) annual 72-hour safety blitz, which is set for May 4-6.
CVSA said inspectors throughout North America will focus on two main inspection categories during the safety blitz: vehicle mechanical fitness, concentrating on lighting, and an examination of driver operating requirements, with an emphasis on hours of service (HOS).
According to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the top vehicle violation in the U.S. in 2020 was for having an inoperable vehicle lamp, which accounted for over 12% of all vehicle violations and more than 4% of all out-of-service vehicle violations.
The top driver out-of-service violation category in North America was HOS, accounting for 34.7% of all driver out-of-service conditions during last year’s Roadcheck.
While the focus of the inspections will be on lighting and HOS, inspectors will still mostly be conducting full 37-point Level I inspections during the three-day blitz.
However, truckers hauling critical COVID-19 vaccines throughout North America will not be held up for inspection “unless there is an obvious serious violation that is an imminent hazard,” CVSA stated in its release. Last year, CVSA was forced to delay Roadcheck until September because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Approximately 4 million commercial motor vehicle inspections are conducted every year throughout North America, with 17 trucks or buses inspected, on average, every minute during the 72-hour blitz, according to CVSA.
International Roadcheck, sponsored by CVSA, is conducted in partnership with the FMCSA and with support from industry and transportation safety organizations, including the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, Transport Canada and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico.
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Tommy
20-30% of trucks inspected get a warning.
4-7% of those get a ticket.
You are all clues.
Worst case that’s less than 3% of trucks inspected get a ticket. That little thing that actually generates revenue.
Clearly sitting on your fat butt is blocking blood flow to your brain and not allowing you to think.
But hey, listening to the other lovers at the truck stop had gotten you this far. Why strive for anything above mediocrity?
Josh B
Their twitter says July 11-17th? Is this different than the operation safe driver week?
Big dee
What a joke but I guess they got to make the money some way so they will keep going to the well I wonder what’s going to happen when the industry is fully atonomous 😆 pull over robots 😆
Reginald
They need to find something better to do with themselves smh.
How about getting people that’s cutting off truckers and speeders 🗣️
AJ
20-50 MPH over the speed limit has become “the norm” especially in congested metro areas.
Tons of money to be made.
The Phantom
Guys keep your dash cams rolling and never back down from the truth of the matter. There will always be that moron on the roadway who wants to get a frivolous lawsuit.
Scott Swigart
You mean ‘Annual Revenue Blitz’. Who are you kidding??!!
George Solomon
Yes sir Scott! It has always been about the $$$. I never truly believed this has ever been all about CMV safety!
Tommy
Get a clue. How many tickets are written?
Oh, right. You have no idea.
Try in the low single didgets of trucks inspected.
If it’s a revenue blitz they are bad at it.