Source: Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announcement GREENBELT, Md. — On April 27, 46 jurisdictions in Canada and the U.S. removed 1,290 commercial motor vehicles with brake-related critical vehicle inspection item violations from Canadian and American roadways. That is 14.1 percent…
Source: Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announcement GREENBELT, Md. — The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has announced Aug. 21-27 as the dates for this year’s Brake Safety Week. Brake Safety Week is an annual commercial motor vehicle brake-safety inspection, enforcement…
Source: Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announcement GREENBELT, Md. — Commercial motor vehicle inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. inspected 35,764 commercial motor vehicles during this year’s Brake Safety Week, a seven-day inspection and enforcement initiative aimed at inspecting commercial…
Source: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announcement ELYRIA, Ohio – Brake Safety Week is coming up soon, and the entire North American commercial vehicle industry knows it – so there is no reason not to be ready. Still, last year’s Commercial…
Source: Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announcement GREENBELT, Md. –Commercial vehicle inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 10,091 inspections on May 26th — Brake Safety Day — and subsequently took 1,273 vehicles out of service for brake-related critical vehicle…
The following is excerpted from a post by Steve Vaughn on FleetOwner.com with some particulars about the upcoming CVSA TRuck Brake Safety Week and some information on the latest statistics on brake safety and how to pass inspection this August.…
Source: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announcement ELYRIA, Ohio – Commercial and passenger vehicles are more advanced than ever – but there’s still nothing more important to safer roadways than the person behind the wheel. From developing technologies that equip North…
Source: CVSA announcement GREENBELT, Md. – Inspectors will focus on hoses and tubes during this year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Brake Safety Week which is scheduled for Aug. 22-28. During Brake Safety Week, commercial motor vehicle inspectors emphasize the…
Source: The following is excerpted from a lengthy Commercial Car Journal post by Tom Quimby on the pitfalls of incorrectly maintaining commercial-vehicle automatic slack adjusters (ASA). They’re called automatic slack adjusters (ASA) for a reason, and the manufacturers that make…
Source: Bendix announcement ELYRIA, Ohio – During National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, taking place Sept. 13-19, everyone at Bendix (Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC) salutes and celebrates the invaluable and essential work of our…
Source: ZF announcement Auburn Hills, Mich. – ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Control Systems Division announced that Navistar has selected WABCO® MAXXUS™ L2.0 air disc brakes – the North American market’s lightest high-performance air disc brake – as available equipment for International®…
Source: Bendix announcement ELYRIA, Ohio – Bendix (Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC) continues to stress that Inspection and enforcement programs like Brake Safety Week repeatedly demonstrate the significant value of regular brake system maintenance…
Source: Commercial Car Journal post GREENBELT, Md. – The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will hold its annual Brake Safety Week Aug. 23-29, the first major truck component inspection blitz since the coronavirus pandemic postponed CVSA’s International Roadcheck from May…
Source: Bendix announcement ELYRIA, Ohio – The need for technical training and support has never been greater and is why Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC maintains its commitment to driver safety in support of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA)…
Source: Bendix Elyria, Ohio – Call them the questions that keep “popping” up over the years: what are the regulations for dash valve trip pressures, and how can fleets and owner-operators stay compliant and safe? This installment of the Bendix…
Source: Bendix Elyria, Ohio – On a single day this past May, nearly 1,700 commercial vehicles were taken off the roads of North America due to brake system safety violations: Consider for a moment if just half of those –…
Source: Bendix Elyria, Ohio– Safety successes shouldn’t be kept secret. “A network is the strongest thing we can have to support safety on the roads and across the trucking industry,” said Ken Sutton, director of safety at JNJ Express. “You…
Source: HDTTruckinginfo.com More than 1,600 commercial vehicles were placed out of service during an unannounced brake inspection blitz in May conducted by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) law enforcement members. On May 15, 2019, law enforcement personnel from 55…
ELYRIA, Ohio – In the United States, roads never rest. More vehicles are traveling more miles than ever before, making safe driving campaigns – such as the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Program – especially important. CVSA’s initiative,…
DETROIT, Mich.–Brake hose and tubing will be the focus of this year’s Brake Safety Week. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has set September 15-22 for its week-long focus on brakes. Inspectors will be looking to see if brake hose and tubing…
ELYRIA, Ohio–Need evidence of how important foundational maintenance is to keeping vehicles on the road and operating safely? Try this: During last year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) International Roadcheck, brake systems, tires and wheels, and brake adjustment represented well…
During Brake Safety Week, Sept. 16-22, 2018, enforcement personnel in 57 jurisdictions throughout Canada and the United States conducted 35,080 inspections on commercial motor vehicles and captured and reported data on brake violations. The majority of vehicles inspected did not…