The largest truck inspection blitz in the world is almost here. Roadcheck 2019 will take place from June 4th through June 6th throughout North America.
During International Roadcheck, tens of thousands of inspections will be performed. If recent years are any indication, over 65,000 trucks will be inspected. During those inspections over 10,000 trucks and 2,000 drivers will be placed out of service.
Every year, Roadcheck inspectors pay extra close attention to a single aspect of truck safety. According to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), this year’s focus will be steering and suspension systems.
But that doesn’t mean that other issues will be ignored. According to CVSA President, Chief Jay Thompson of the Arkansas Highway Police, most inspections will be the full 37-step Level I inspection.
“Aside from the increased inspections, we are not doing anything differently than any other day,” said Chief Thompson. “The inspections performed during International Roadcheck are the same inspections that are conducted the day before International Roadcheck starts and the day after it concludes, as well as any other day of the year.”
For more information on Roadcheck, check out the CVSA website here.
Source: CVSA, overdrive, fleetowner, fleetowner, truckersreport
Oh yay. It’s time for the annual DOT cash grab. Hold on to your wallets drivers. Me, I’m gonna take a mini vacation.
Already scheduled a mini vacation thise days.
I believe everyone should stay home in protest on Road Check.
I am on vacation .
Me too LoL. Lucky us
Smart I was thinking the same thing
Smart man.
I’ve been on vacation since last Wednesday nite. Lol! Won’t be back out until Friday this week. Enjoying my time away from the road.
If you kept your rig in check you would have no worries. I liked to have them look my rig over cuz sometime they would find something I missed.
It’s a good feeling to hear that there inspections because driving a truck I’ve tires fly off trucks, fires, leaky fuel tanks, and etc. I drive for a company which they take pride in the conditions in there truck and most company’s are like that, but not all.
I agree, i see many rigs that should not even be on the road. If people took care of their rigs they wouldnt worry about any Type of inspection. Im glad that they check out our rigs. At least i know id be along the safe drivers out there. Be safe ya all!!
Agreed
You should drive a truck. You can’t type worth a damn and you have no idea what you are talking about.
Yep, it’s that time again.. Time to pump that budget with highway robbery
Does anyone really think that this does anything to improve road safety? Anyone? (Crickets…)
Gets 10,000 trucks and 2000 bums off the streets? So, yea, it does?
no it just lines the states pocketbooks
It all about the money
Is Not about money. It said “safety” . of you have worn, broken parts etc etc you will get a fine. Always check and replace you will be safe.
It’s all about the money they will generate from drivers not the company, only drivers pay fines
In some cases, yes. But it is about the Money!
It does tend to remove or catch a few out of adjustment brakes and the occasional flat tire but the biggest to them ,the not working ELD or a driver that forgot to go on the driving line. God forbid you have a marker light out. Such a terrible unsafe truck . It might lead to an accident and someone will get hurt if that marker light is not repaired immediately. After a ticket is issued of course. Trucking is looked upon a revenue enhancement. they need to inspect all vehicle towing a trailer. Pick ups with any kind of trailer could be the biggest violation would be no cargo securement or safety chains attached and go from there. No lights hooked up. And far too many pickups are overloaded with that trailer with 15 K lbs bobcat or front end loader on it. If safety was the real concern they would be fair in the inspections instead of targeting semi’s only. A scare tactic in addition to revenue enhancement to make them selves look good. Looky here, 20 thousand trucks inspected and this many cited. See we are doing our job as they stick out their chest. While the unsafe drivers that are not in CMVs that cause a majority of the car truck accidents in their pickups and cars texting and watch movies on their smart phone that will cause an accident down the road sooner than later that whiz on by . I digress, we all know it, but those in power don’t care NON truckers are voters or Might be related to a governor .
So True!
Yes. U R right. I am a professional driver. When the drivers with 20 it more years behind the wheel talk to me…they get educated. So how do anyone talk to someone in authority to make them understand what you are talking about?
You really hit the nail with your comment. I agree with you. It should moderate the truck towing capacity.
Couldn’t have said it better myself !!!!
I would say that it’s a yes and no it keeps the safe drivers on their toes and the bad drivers don’t care so that’s when “bad drivers give good drivers a bad name and a bad reputation”70 Chevy signing out.
It time to make your donation to their yearly budget! It’s like the mob coming to collect their taxes.
It reminds me of when I was a kid and the mean bullies stealing lunch money from the weaker kids and punching them in the stomach after they got the pocket change.
Another way of taxing the truck drivers.
I didn’t realize it was next week, but that’s ok, because it just so happens that it coincides with my vacation!!
Nothing about safety, Government wants more money form truckers, they already tell us when to go to bed and when we can drive to make a few pennies to take care or our family. All because the mega companies got scared of the one truck drivers. They should pay and treat their workers better and stop force dispatching them. Well I take a short vacation. The brokers are holding the rates low anyway. Not making any money this year at all.
Brokers are ripping EVERYBODY off. Holding truckers’ rates low, while tacking exorbitant freight mark ups and fuel surcharges on the shippers and export handling agents (3PLs).
It’s just their way of getting people to take home time all around the same time.
However ever Charles, the drivers will stay home for this sort blitz will not stick together for a good reason that improves trucking and raises pay.
Time to make your donation to the DOT annual ball, sorry almost forgot they don’t have balls.
I couldn’t have said it any better myself
lmao!!!!
Ha ha ha truth hurts
DOT has nothing better to do, then place guys out of work, who need to help support their families! Then, they ACTUALLY believe they are doing a Good Thing? Unless it’s an O/Op, MOST of these guys, have little to zero control, over when a company/carrier does maintenance! Yet they “Punish” a person who has No Control over what their company does? Real smart guys! Real Smart! Yeap, time to take a vacation !
Company drivers may not have control over what is done to the truck or how and when its done, however they do have some control. If you find an issue with your truck and they refuse to fix it, you just simply refuse to drive it. If they fire you for it, you have them by the short hairs because they dired you over safety related issues that THEY were required to fix.
Wonder if my ex company will buy a real fuel cap and throw away the Tim Horton’s cup
In the past when truck drivers had a pair and they had issues with the company truck and the company would not fix it. It magically had a road side DOT inspection and it got fixed.
Fix your truck and you can work
What do you think DOT stands for ? How about department of transportation ! It’s their job and there are so many trucks running illegal they can’t catch up. I’ve been out here for well over 40 years and have never met an official of the law that wasn’t nice and understanding because I was that way towards him or her. It’s not personal, it’s the law. Quit whining and do your job and allow them to do theirs
All bout the money !!!
Nothing bout safety. Hell I’ve seen fit and cop cars running with one headlamp some with no brake lights. Why don’t they have to inspect their cars. Oh I mean my car. My taxes pay for it.
I’ll be off that whole week so knock yourselves out guys. 🇱🇷🤬
Would be a good time for a 3 day truckers strike. That way the DOT can sit around thumbing their pod.
I agree with that They all should do this every time they have these 3-day blitzes go on strike for the same number of days
Yes sir let’s do it!!
Bet you wish you were that powerful
I’m all about safety just like you! But getting put out of safety for a brake light?
World’s largest extortion gathering.
So what every comment is saying is that it’s ok to drive unsafe equipment? That no one should check it out? Wow. Talk about some crazy people. It’s an inspection. If your truck is clean then there is no money involved. What a joke you drivers are. As for the one who said a driver isn’t responsible for a company truck. That’s bs. If something is broken make them fix it. If they won’t CHANGE COMPANIES. These fly by night outfits with garbage trucks, garbage trailers, and garbage drivers are what makes the rest look bad.
It’s unbelievable that drivers are so worried about what the DOT can do. Just keep your house in order and you’ll be fine.
It’s about running time. Time lost can never be regained. Some companies pay a bonus for passing an inspection. With most, though, it just amounts to time off ur clock for the day. Even the drivers with the safe in order equipment pay. Their time spent lost revenue. So everyone pays, in one way, or another.
I Heard That.
Run legal and it is a bit of a delsy at worst.
If driving is so terrible you malcontents should fing something else to do.
Go find a corner and a lollipop crash dummy
Agreed. Needing to provide for your family doesn’t mean putting a tire into someone else’s family. (i.e : when it flys off your truck). Logic people? Wtaf
It is nkt about the unsafe trucks or restless drivers… this afect all of the drivers because of tge delays and large rows of stoped trucks. Iy is about tha the chain always break on the thiner link. Not even the more stupid driver want to be driving an unsafe truck. But tge goverment always take on the small fish because the big ones paid their politics.
All the companies do the same… if you refuse to drive as the comun sense and the laws say you should… not only you loose your job but you put your self at risk of no getting a new job for any other company… truck bussiness r resting on the back of tge trckers that eat all the road risk and the tickets… we need unions to get leverage and need politician that do not demonize unions and call any body who care about workers a leftists or a liberal or a socialist.
BS, your truck can be well maintained and perfectly safe and if an officer wants to write something up he’ll ‘find’ something. I know this from experience with Texas DPS so don’t try to tell me otherwise and contesting the write up doesn’t do anything but waste your time.
Some things like windshield is too dirty or in their opinion too many bugs or just or wiper blade is worn down too far to do the job of clearing the glass. Clutter in their opinion on the dash.
Now for all the perfect I do a pre trip like it should be done every day drivers.You will not find all the unsafe things in your pretrip . You will not find a loose bolt in the 5th wheel plate or an out of adjustment brake.You will not find the beginning of a fresh oil or antifreeze leak you really don’t see that air line hanging down too low due to one keeper clip is missing. Most of you will not check the tire pressure of all tires when it’ cool to find a low tire. thumping is habit but does not do the whole job. Few of you if any will set the tractor brakes and release the trailer brake and listen for air leaks.Few drivers will but say they do. Most do not .I too thump and listen to the sound. It will not tell me the air pressure but that the pressure has changed. You have to listen.How many of you actually take a look at the grommet in the glad hands when you hook up?. It’s there is all most see. Air leak in the making.Do you carry spares? You should. Do you carry in the cab the spare fuses and relays that are required for your vehicle?
Dammit man your just so right a complete pre trip not cracked missing or broken. For all those Christmas trees rolling down the road that means every light is working. Even an air leak at the fifth wheel or adjusting seat uses up air over time check the equipment like it’s personally yours if you work for a company. The ticket is yours if you fail to have it fixed before you travel.
Good ideathevsamevin fla and Georgia, I got stopped in Georgia dot told me top clearance light was out, I told him light is working, he said it must be dirty, Wrote me up for it to till this day I haven’t did anything to the lights.
Amen! I do my job, I do a real pre and post trip inspection every day I drive. It amazes me how many people I see just start their truck and go.
Lol of you take care of and know your rig you don’t need to pretrip every day. I’ve been driving 16 years and have never pre trippped daily. I pre trip before I leave the shipper and at every fuel up. I have never had an accident or an out of service ticket. the dot blitz has nothing to do with safety, it’s all about revenue. The government treating hard working people like criminals. Guilty until you prove yourself innocent. the USA is a joke!
You must be the one with the allegator flying off no pre trips after the first one huh?
Yes sir that’s my take on the inspection I thank them for doing wat they do I hav worked for the scab company s that never fixes there trucks and it’s hard to put up wit I hav threatned to take a truck to a dot scale and park it on the scale and walk away go find another job
Rookie.
lol
Your spot on driver! I seen 100’s of drivers at truck stops take off in the morning without doing a pre-trip. Those drivers deserve what they get.
I do my pre-trips just like I always have, and have caught issues a few times. I’d rather spend 30 minutes on a pre-trip then spend 30 years in jail if I kill someone. I should sell Kleenex next week, I’d make a fortune!
Right on you don’t do your pretrips you could end up with no air from a worn or out of place donut. How safe is that not doing pretrips? We do them for a reason ..safety is our job as well as driving
Over the years they have found ways to manufacture violations. I have seen it. 50 + years in a CMV very little surprises me any more. The inspectors do cheat , lie and cover up. This is a numbers game and safety is not on the top of the list. It is down a few paces. Over the years it has become revenue enhancement. PERIOD. HOWEVER. with the new Breed of driver today that can only do things with one finger besides suck their thumb or pick their nose , Knows zero about the mechanics of how a semi works including the braking system or lights ,we ALL pay the price. This CVSA blitz is a real PIA however, it does get some unsafe equipment and drivers of the road but so does the same kind of inspection at any open scale any day of the week if applied properly..
50 plus years in a cmv and you are still whining everyday about everything, what a waste of a lifetime.
Hey newbie, the laws and regulations are so tight it makes the driver a dollar target. Only newbies don’t understand how much better it use to be. The regs keep getting worse every year. Maybe its due to all the sissies driving now. Can’t shift gears so they drive automatic and instead of road or real driving experience use simulators. The strong outlaw truckers were the real deal. They would help each other and cared now its went to hell
Okay…so when are you so-called “veterans” gonna unite us then? All I hear from the so called ‘glory day truckers’ is whine, whine, whine – newbie’s are to blame – government overreach – blah blah blah. Not one of you EVER talks about the crap that used to go on with some of the older generation of truck drivers. It’s ALWAYS someone else’s fault why the trucking industry is “going downhill”.
I used to go with my dad all the time growing up. Is it the same as having driven during the ‘golden years’? No. I’m not saying it is, but it gave me a little taste of things.
Look, sorry trucking isn’t the good ol’ camaraderie club it once was. Times change. Doesn’t mean every newbie can’t drive a stick. And it doesn’t mean every old schooler has it all figured out. How about we stop the damn whining and blame wagon and actually focus on what’s real?
Actually, I didn’t see anyone say that it’s okay to drive unsafe equipment. What they are saying is that they feel this is more of a money grabbing stunt than it is about CMV safety.
To your point that if drivers maintain their trucks they have nothing to worry about: I respectfully disagree. As has been mentioned in a few comments, if these DOT officers WANT to find something wrong with a truck, they WILL. You can have a brand new truck right off the line and they CAN find something wrong with it.
I don’t believe anyone is implying that equipment shouldn’t be up to standards, but this definitely looks more like a money grab/ticket quota than a ‘public safety measure’.
It is a shame that the bad apples out there, both companies and individual drivers alike, ruin it for all of the honest and dependable companies/drivers. If we would all be virtuous, there wouldn’t be the need for these burdensome regulations.
I’m a 2nd generation driver. My father drove most of his life. He’s told me stories about very unsafe driving practices that were the norm amongst companies and drivers for many, many years – he then turns around and complains about the current over regulation of the industry. I tell him you can’t have it both ways. Like it or not, these ‘old school’ truckers have to realize that the reason we have these regulations now is because they showed that the industry couldn’t be trusted to operate safely on its own. I am the LAST person who wants government interfering in my life, but in most of the new regulations, I see at least some justification because the generation of truck drivers before us drove however they wanted, whenever they wanted.
Get off your old school crap newbie. I’ve been driving over 30 years I’m a safe driver I appreciate the safety rules it enforces the companies to fix their equipment.
If the shoe fits wear it. What are you 5 years old? Good grief…
Hell yeah, straight up man!!!!
Sorry but you can take a brand new just built as nd picked up from the sales department and dot can find a laundry list of issues with your brand new never been driven truck.
Clearly a rookie driver!
Clearly
Another newbie speaks
My companies has a lot of bad trucks and trailers, I dont quit cuz I need a job.
99.99% of the drivers today do NOT do an indepth Pre or post trip on their equipment. It is visual audio only. Lets see now,No flat tires or bent rims, and all my lights work so I am safe this morning. Time to go. NOT one driver goes under the truck trailer and inspects it like a mechanic or DOT inspector. However Drivers are expected to be able to see things behind walls so to speak. To know that one brake on the trailer on the LR is out of adjustment 1/4 inch. The cop when he goes under the trailer.( the driver does not ) and finds it, the driver is cited along with the company.Terrible unsafe equipment that now is just one of the numbers they cite to prove they are doing the job of keeping our roads safe. How was the driver to know about that one out of adjustment brake or a frayed line or loose fitting?.? This kind of expectation of drivers is the mental process of far too many people. . Drivers that willingly operate unsafe equipment are the problem. If they refused to it would not be on the road , Well in a perfect world . However far too many of the drivers today have earned the title of NEW Breed or Steering Wheel holders. Either one fits the new me first driver today. Company drivers for the most part do not know how to properly inspect their truck nor have the balls to say NO it is not safe, I am not going to drive it. it’s OK driver ,it is a small air leak it isn’t going to hurt anything.They are sent home and another soft unknowing driver is sent out in it. Thank you many Mega Carriers. So , all the perfect monday morning quarter back truck drivers are not so perfect now are they?Be honest with your self, The only time you get under the truck more than likely is if you hit something going down the road and it worries you so you check it out or take it to a shop .
I saw 1 strike in my years of driving in canada they shutdown monday afternoon were shooting at some jb hunt non compliers and we sat at the 5thwheel truck stop in cornwall ontairio for 3 days the guys in the states here will never do it its a shame because it could help at least maybe get the eld rules straitened out its worce now then ever as far as guys sticking together its a shame the strike in canada was in 1989 for you kids that want to look up what happened
1968, was last big strike here in the states.
Not at all true 1988 had a big strike.
So shooting at a driver because of who he works for is OK because you think he did not believe in what you do? Not all drivers are unhappy with their jobs. Just the ones that refuse to except trucking as a volatile and ever changing industry.Most of the new drivers today have little or no clue how the trucking industry works.One thing it is not. A 9 to 5 job.
I would like to know when the law was changed on how many people can be in a truck that has only two seats I’ve seen these turbin heads have 4 men in a truck and hanging decor in front window that’s a safety distraction this one of the reason I left the trucking industry no body follows the law and it’s not professional anymore.Your safety crackdown only going to make the the ones who need to be off the roads stay home til it’s over don’t tell them it’s going to happen change it up catch more that way.I’ve been trucking for 46 yrs shameful the way things are now.
Rick you’re bound to be a desk jockey pen pusher. Evidently you’ve not had many run in’s with many diesel bears, it’s gotten to the point pain to deal with and finding anything they can just to get that “att-a-boy” said to them by their higher commanders. Like the rest have said it’s gone far beyond safety it’s turned into a communist authority.
More corrupted than mexico lmao
I personally have been stopped by DOT and was put out of service. That was my fault though, we run short haul and I had left my log book at home from when I drove the truck to the new job site. In my defense, since my employer didn’t collect our logs, I had taken the truck to the new site and we ran locally for over a month going home periodically for days off. When I had went home, I cleaned out my clipboard and didnt think to put my logs back in since drivers only need them on them for 8 days or whatever. I also got an overweight by accident, it was a new tanker, and I was stopped before I had a chance to get to the nearest scale.
But, it’s whatever, they just want to keep people safe. I was fine with the out of service since we were forced to work over 12 hours quite often.
Where is the wellnes that was supoused to comes from the big companies tha got the huge tax break????
I have a friend in the Department of Transportation he told me that if they really wanted to they could find something on a brand new tractor trailer coming off the lot. And I do believe that they are way too picky on minor items sometimes only depends what kind of a mood they are in.
I have heard they can write you for your bed not being made
You gotta be a rookie to make a comment like that.
Maybe you are the rookie. Maybe you should check some old stupid laws that are still on the books. That is a law and if they are not white sheets they can write you up too. He said could write you up not that they will. I could tell you about alot of laws but will not waste my time with someone like you. And yes I am a rookie, I have 38 years driving
He is correct. Also there was a time that the great state of CONN could issue you a ticket if you did not have white sheets. You youngsters have no clue how it used to be in trucking.
I remember that. I drove for a company that required them. It was for in case you were first on the scene of a fatal accident. Heck no the newbies don’t have a clue, that’s why they’re called crash dummies. Now days at least half can’t drive a stick. I’d love to see how they would try to drive the split double shifter
And you probably believe everything thing you hear too.
And a chafing air line and other b.s.
Lol, obviously u dont know, even a brand new truck they can find some violations, seen it happen, dot quit being about saftey long ago, it all about weather your compliant and making revenue, even had a few older dot cops tell us, it’s all about the numbers now, not safety like it used to be.
the dot who support this, are no different then any other thug group. Just following orders, stealing from drivers and ruining their lives just so they can feel good about it. Ill bet that if they were told to kill drivers instead of putting them out of service, they would.
I’ve been through two level 1s in CA. Passed both. It is the drivers duty to make sure his or her truck is operational according to the regs. Some drivers foster a confrontational relationship with DOT and the police. They are trying to get these older trucks with drivers running illegal. Just do your freaking job!
What a fool. A lot of companies refuse to do a lot of repairs. The driver can be doing a hell of a job and still get hit for something foolish.
What happened to regular daily enforcement of serious violations?
3 days to hit ticket quotas, how is that even legal let alone reasonable/ethical?
All in the name of safety. When the word safety is used if gives people a warm fuzzy it’s OK feeling.
Daily enforcement of violations ??. How do they do that?. Send a list of infractions ahead with your truck number and say HI I am here for you to put out of service for serious violations. Thank you . Just trying to increase the numbers.
Yea the “revenue’ ers”. Are getting ready for their harassment and racketeering operation so hopefully they can collect from the poor and. Tell the rich their keeping the roads safe and doing their jobs so effectively
I don’t have a problem with the inspections for safety but this three day blitz thing is all about numbers. The DOT people get some Federal money for paying overtime to run the show. The good thing is that after the three days most of the people doing the inspections have maxed out their hours so they have have to take time off and close a few scales
In BC Canada, the roads become empty during blitz week. At least half of the trucks stay in the yards. It’s usually a joy to drive at that time, because all the immigrants that can’t speak English aren’t on the roads either. And all their junk trucks unsafe at any speed, hide.
Ahhhhhh Summer is in the air, so it must be time for the annual DOT gang bang of the Trucking industry.
If they really wanted to make our roads safer, they’d be inspecting the cars, too. Cars use the interstates just like trucks so should be subject to the same standards. I seriously wonder how many cars could pass an inspection using the same criteria as is used for trucks. How many have broken windshields, leaking exhaust, worn out tires, loose suspension, or inoperative lights? Talk about a windfall for the states!
Lol, you whiners are funny. Why not just be prepared and pass a level 1?
My company pays $100 for ANY passed inspection. I’ve collected $300 this year, and looking forward to making it be $400 next week.
If you can’t pass, maybe the DOT isn’t the issue.
Larry. You are one of the few fortunate drivers that work for a good company. I too used to work for one like that and it was a matter of pride to work for them. Their reputation with their customer base was great and we were treated with respect at customers and at scales. That is not the norm any more. Our equipment has improved over the last 20 or so years but the drivers have not. it seem many have regressed..
Could you imagine if they did this to 4 wheelers? How many illegal drivers and unsafe cars. Nope let’s just pick on the folks that keep America moving!
One of my friends got fine for 6min over in loog another had to add 4 more screws to 5th weel plate mount even if it was originally like that . I dont trust DOT.
They say its between 04-06 but I’ve seen some states keep doing it the week after, maybe cuz they didn’t get enough!
Extortion, plain & simple
…being carried out by meglomaniacs who need to justify their existence, as well steal for the state.
Oh nice! Can’t wait! Last year got a violation on a brand new truck and trailer. Kenworth t680. He said my fuel tanks are vertical and has to be slanted to prevent filling to 100% capacity. I told him it’s impossible to fill to 100% because of the baffle, even says so on the tank. And I’m 100% sure that every kenworth t680 has fuel tanks in the same position. He said I need to contact kenworth and show them I got a ticket so they can change the design. “Scratching my head like wtf?”
U should tell him u fill it sideways
They will make up a law if not on the books its all about the $$$
They’re response is, I write the tickets, ITS UP TO YOU TO FIGHT IT.
You have the right to fight and contest all tickets you receive from the Police 👮, never on the road though, in court only.
Just pray to God that Dan Aykroyd isn’t the Judge. LOL 😂
After over 30 years driving we need more inspections all year a good part of trucks on the road are very poorly maintained after all have any of you been in California by the ports or the farms
Why is everyone acting like this is such a big deal. It’s very simple, just maintain your truck and keep it up to par..problem solved.
Most American born people cannot afford their own trucks and companies refuse to do required repairs.
Uh huh, just wait until they find something that you missed.
They always do, do you gauge all of your tires during your pre trip?
I’m gonna LMAO 😆 if you say yes.
Excuse me trooper. The question is not if my truck is safe for your highways. the real question is, are your highways safe for my truck?
No look at wv turnpike mo money same shitty road
Reason #20112 why I despise the trucking industry
Then why are you in it?
Ah ha a crash dummy ( newbie )speaks
Probably for the same reason you’re in it.
What he probably means is; he can’t stand the moron ignorant people that you have to deal with in the trucking industry.
If you didn’t know that’s what he meant, then you’re EXHIBIT A. 🤓
Steve you must show it by cutting in too close to a truck after passing and hit the brakes to show your dislike or in truth your stupidity.mental midgets are everywhere.
Revenue enhancement. Now they can ask for more $ in the next budget. Call it anything you want. Oh, and now make the hard working blue collar worker not want to help cops.! 24/7 right, it’s all about safety.! Wrong! Just call it what it is. Lust for power/ money!
I will be happy when they enforce the move over laws on cars, texting and driving laws, and speeding laws for cars and campers.
Make the $ fine for not using a hands free the same as for the driver of a CMV
I’m sorry to say it’s gonna get worse out there. Peace brothers. Love and hate to drive for a lively hood. You guys keep up the good work. Until they educate the 4 wheelers about big rigs before they hit the road it’s gonna get worse. Then we have the blue collar law makers that haven’t a clue. Batting a thousand.
Unfortunately we signed up to drive trucks for a living,if we don’t like it we all know how to change it,they like us have a job to do,back in the day we were called outlaws for a reason,now company’s are more centered on the driver rather than the load it doesn’t matter what you drive if they wanted to find something they will,if they pull me to the back I’ll treat them with all the respect they deserve.
I gave up otr but still never gave up outlaw trucking. Things have changed for the worse.
I drive primarily in the Ca/Nv/Az region. It’s amazing to me when I see some trucks going down the road in the conditions they are in. Container haulers are some of the worst. Them and Ag trucks. With all the EPA emissions refs. These trucks are still like rolling smoke bombs.
It’s the same in all sections , the inspectors can find something wrong if they want to! It doesn’t matter where it’s new or a well kept older one! Quotas could be behind some of this but, how many of these inspectors have any experience as a truck mechanic? Do they actually know what a safety hazard is? Watching a training film somehow, just don’t seem like experience to me. I’d be happy if the inspector had 5-6 years working on and around trucks was inspecting mine!
Money money money,,,,,that all it about,,,,,I sick of the government and the DOT Trump,,,,,you said drain the swamp,,,,start with the DOT
I strongly agree
Your Truck can be fine….They Will Find something… No matter what….. In VA…..MD.
Yes…even if they are required to manipulate your air hose to kink it. They’ve done it to me.
Take the week off… ok that’ll work
I never had a problem with someone checking under my truck for a free inspection. I do have a problem with someone told to find a violation. CVSA out of service criteria started with 11 major violations. Now I hear the total violations come up to 300. Not only about revenue but they take their slanted statistics to the media and government for more funding. It’s job security at its fines. They use this blitz to make statements lije “21% trucks have brake violations” When in fact of the less than 1% of trucks that caught their attention to be inspected they found some sort of violation. Cops are supposed to be our buddies but when they spread propaganda it hinders good relationships.
Mr NA… You can be put out of service for having ONE drop of oil drip, or any other fluid other than AC drips during the inspection. Anti freeze and the like is a NO NO. A glob of grease on any fitting not on a fitting especially around wheels and brake system. It does not have to be on the drum or brake shoe either.It can be on the steering system tie rods or king pins . It is called excess grease and or oil. OOS.
Troopers are a definite enemy of the professional drivers. Why do you think some make over 10,000 a month? They rob truckers blind
They need to inspect all those cracker jack CDL licenses. Way way way too easy to gain a CDL.
Well Rick”””””some of our Hispanic friends are driving these company trucks,and the company may be owned by our Hispanic friends which in most cases their trucks are always patched up. You know just to get by.not to say it’s only hours Hispanic friends but there’s others to,also drive these pickup trucks with trailers as unloaded with no tail lights or no signal lights. And what’s going on with everybody just pulling out in front of everybody they were actually look at you coming and still pull out in front of you what’s up with that?????
I bet they don’t do anything to non English speaking drivers which is also suppose to be illegal
No they don’t especially when there’s a long stick with a rope tied to it to measure the fuel in the tank skirting dragging mirrors wired on a bald spare no pretty much . …Mexico drives the trucks we were forced to give up in our country.
The catch 22 is. If they have an international license they do not have to have a CDL as we know it. If you get an international license and go to mexico or non English speaking country you don’t have to speak or read the language just obey the basic rules that are pretty close to the ones we now obey here. Not all bad no English speaking drivers here have a CDL.
Damn glad I haul cattle and don’t worry about eld or getting bothered I drive for a guy has 7 trucks we all keep our trucks in great shape I have a 90 lights on trailer alone I look at every one every day something needs fixed and I can’t do it btw I carry enough tools in my truck to fix just about anything but if I can’t I go to peterbuilt or Merritt get it fixed
Have you noticed over the last couple of years the CVSA Safety Blitz has gone to being called the CVSA ENFORCEMENT Blitz. Not a biggie in it’s self, but it does tell the truth about it doesn’t it.?
10,000 trucks OOS. Consider my last tire replacement cost $785.00. Assuming the repair would be just HALF that rate. Highway bandits will collect nearly 4 BILLION in revenue.
But…but.. but…. it’s NOT about the money…
Right.
Is Not about money. It said “safety” . of you have worn, broken parts etc etc you will get a fine. Always check and replace you will be safe. Drivers have 2 days to inspect your own trucks if you see and find something wrong. Replace it yourself. If Is a company truck if they don’t want fixed don’t drive it. That little $9 light bulb can cause. $100,000 in a law suits an others fines. Always try to do the walk around your truck too look for overnight damage. Remember Safety it should be on your truck and drive all year long.
Stop you guys your scaring me already and then some
Dot cited me for not putting down my trailer number, talk about petty.
I’ll have them know I dust off my truck everyday so its good to pass my lights are very important so I make sure I dust them extra careful that’s a whole five minute job I do just for them inspectors I deserve to pass
Its pathetic the way the government harassment has gotten, all in the name of revenue. Its BS
If it gets some of these garbage scows off the road then more power to them.Ive seen bumpers ducked taped on and drivers that keep on driving with blown tires just to name a couple of things we all see on the road. My compony and drivers take pride in there trucks…so bring it on.
Hwy robbery is all about the money specially in california.Im a take the week off..DOT crooks..
Welp, I may not be on vacation, but I doubt they’ll be getting me; no point being on the road if there’s no freight, and my company’s planners are telling me they have next to no freight…
I got an idea: let’s all assume someone is a rookie/veteran based on what they comment and then laugh and make fun of what the other has to say! Haha haha! Oh my gosh those dumb newbies don’t know nothing!! Hahahaha! Holy crap those old schoolers sure are stubborn and unwilling to see new things. Back and forth and round and round we go….
Meanwhile nothing gets solved, trucking problems get worse as truckers continue to divide themselves and nothing ever changes except the whining!!! Like it or not, that’s the damn truth of it.
Your right on Brandon. Drivers today are unwilling to communicate with each other, Mentor or demonstrate respect for others or themselves because more than likely they weren’t taught it at home. Think if they keep running their mouths about stuff they know nothing or very little about, some one will think they know what they are talking about. Unfortunately it does happen and we all pay for it. Don’t be to upset with the narrow minded steering wheel holder and their remarks. wen some read or hear the term Veteran they automatically go military. Just goes to show you the limited attention span some have.I know the reason for the term and why you used it. Be safe Brandon.
Always a perfect time to break down or have the shits
Dear Brandon your father sounds like he knew how to break the safety rules according to the stories he told you. Was your father a veteran? You have already disrespected troops that have fought for this and every other country your opinions are worthless . Did your dad tell about trucks with no power brakes or steering have you ever driven one did he tell you how the brakes caught on fire going down steep hills . All we hear about is your dad when he drove . What are you 18 ? I suppose you never realized women also drove those old trucks and built a lot of them . We didn’t have the new editions then we worked hard we even unloaded our trucks . You have no idea but what does a kid know. A child with a Hugh imagination. With truck stops every 40 miles.
If your truck and trailer are in good shape ….
Why to be affraid of the Road Check?
With the ELDs now in effect, there is almost zero possiblity to be OFS becouse log book
Guys like the one who crashed at Denver? ….Of course they should be out of service for ever!!!
Will take 30-40 min the Inspection and keep going…..
I don’t really get why everyone is complaining, your not going to change anything by posting a comment. I’ve been driving 20 years and maybe been inspected 5 times during the blitz. I get inspected more in December then i ever have in June.
I take off every year during this!
I like to see the law enforced on non English reading and speaking drivers. This is a safety issue. They don’t have any idea what they are hauling or how to read the road signs. Like the driver in Colorado. Who could not speak or read English. Killed several people. Went right past a run away truck ramp changing lanes. While his breaks failed.
So if my truck passes this inspection and the wheel flies off a mile down the road,can I hold them responsible because they said it was safe?
I always steal a current cvsa check sticker off someone’s truck in the truck stop.when it expires I get another and put it on my drivers side window.never have a problem because it always looks like I just passed a level one inspection.
Lol had no idea about it and happened to be on vacation anyways!!!
99% of drivers have no clue how to properly do a pre or post trip inspection .It is so much more than walking around and looking at the lights and maybe thump a tire.
Too many think the driver can keep the truck he or she is driving up to date and can pass any inspection and when they don’t pass it is the drivers fault.Such stupid thinking.
So all the drivers that make that statement it is assumed probably have a max of 2 years driving and finished in the bottom 10% of the class in the driving school..
How do you find OOS problems in a walk around like loose or missing fifth wheel plate. A crack in the 5th wheel saddle.Broken or loose cross member. A loose bolt holding the brake weather cover on the drum. Those things happen and do put a truck OOS.
As a rule, drivers are not going to crawl under the truck in the stinky piss smelling dirty parking lot and look for them.They do not include that in their pre trip inspection.The standard pre trip done by drivers is 99% visual.
Far too many driver do not lift the hood to check the belts for wear or broken. Many do not look for water leaks or bulging hoses. Loose alternator bracket. Why don’t they do that simple part of the inspection.? Mostly because the driver doesn’t even know what brand of engine is in the truck they drive today..
A lot of problems that prevent a truck from passing an inspection are found by a trained inspector that knows just where to look and for what and it is usually on the under carriage. A driver that was a mechanic or does his own repairs , that being an O/O driver .
You can watch the drivers all you want in a truck stop and complain about them not doing a pre or post trip inspection. Not one driver as a rule will go under the truck looking for the very items the inspectors look for. So who is wrong? The drivers that walk around that thump tires. Or the drivers that don’t walk around.?
The real problems that put a truck out of service are not usually found in a walk around but when on a creeper under the truck. So do you go under the truck or just wear out shoe leather and thump a tire or two.? Another better option is take the truck into a shop. Have it inspected by a certified mechanic. If a problem is found ,fix it then your good to go with out fear of being put OOS. Sure it will cost you or the company money but not as much as an OOS will.
Company drivers are not at risk like an O/O is. The O/O foots the bill from start to finish. Company drivers just make a phone call and sit and wait for the service truck the company hired to show up and fix it….so all you perfect drivers just sit and watch and keep the , “they didn’t do the inspection and left “to your self.It really matters not all that much. A good driver does it because it is required and they know what to look for and how. .. Yes !! You might find a problem walking around the truck. A wheel missing or very flat tire. Maybe a light not working.
I havent seen very much going on i have a feeling they gave out the wrong dates to suprise all of us who took a mini vacation