Every year International Roadcheck is the largest commercial truck inspection blitz in the United States. Over the course of just one weekend, tens of thousands of inspections are performed throughout North America. This year, violations jumped with 23% of vehicles and 4.2% of drivers inspected placed out of service.
According to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, this year enforcement personnel conducted 62,013 inspections between June 6th and June 8th. Of those, approximately two-thirds, or 40,944 were Level I Inspections – the most rigorous standard inspection. Of those vehicles given a Level I Inspection, 23% (9,398) were placed out of service.
Some of the vehicle-related statistics are as follows:
- The top three out-of-service vehicle violations were for brake systems (26.9 percent of vehicle out-of-service violations), cargo securement (15.7 percent) and tires/wheels (15.1 percent).
- Of the 2,267 vehicles carrying hazardous materials/dangerous goods that received a Level I Inspection, 12.8 percent were placed out of service for vehicle-related violations.
- Of the vehicles placed out of service, brake adjustment and brake system violations combined to represent 41.4 percent (7,743) of all out-of-service vehicle violations.
Drivers meanwhile were much less likely to be placed out of service with just a 4.7% OOS rate. The top three reasons for a driver being placed out of service were for Hours of Service Violations (32.3%), Wrong Class License (14.9%), and False Log Books (11.3%).
Every year, Roadcheck places an extra focus on a single aspect of safety and compliance. This year, CVSA highlighted cargo securement.
The top five violations related to cargo securement (out of a total of 3,282) in the United States were:
- No or improper load securement (423)
- Failure to secure vehicle equipment (379)
- Leaking, spilling, blowing, falling cargo (281)
- Insufficient tiedowns to prevent forward movement for load not blocked by headerboard, bulkhead or cargo (256)
- Failure to secure load (178)
“This year, we’re celebrating 30 years of the International Roadcheck Program,” said CVSA President Julius Debuschewitz. “When this program started in 1988, the goal of International Roadcheck was to conduct inspections to identify and remove unsafe commercial motor vehicles and/or drivers from our roadways. Thirty years and 1.5 million inspections later, the International Roadcheck enforcement initiative is still going strong, thanks to the more than 13,000 inspectors who work hard every day to reduce the number of crashes, injuries and fatalities on our roadways.”
Source: cvsa, gobytrucknews, truckinginfo, overdrive
Great article
I’d be curious to know what the actual “violations” were, not just general information. I mean, for example, were the brake violations a missing brake drum or a worn push rod pin. A log book violation, were they completely wrong or was it a misspelled city at a duty change.
Lots of loser drivers i.e. (6 digit number freightliner drivers) pretending to be truckers ,and “can’t manage a turd rolling downhill with a stick!!!”
If their gonna tailgate…better have good brakes.
Lol, I remember the mid ninety when the “annual blitz” was five days Then someone noticed that week had a substantial increase in truck accidents, Drivers had a problem running 100% legal without wrecking the ride!!
They didn’t mention how much money the annual DOT cash grab yielded.