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Roadcheck 2010 – 65,327 Truck and Bus Inspections in 72 Hours

Release Date: July 22, 2010

Results from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) Roadcheck 2010 reveal that the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) industry is hovering close to the record low out-of-service (OOS) rates set during 2009. During the 72-hour inspection blitz, which took place from Canada to Mexico from June 8-10, 2010, drivers were pulled over, asked to show their commercial driver's license, medical examiner’s certificate, and record-of-duty status. Brakes, tires, lights, and every major component of the truck or bus were also examined. While Roadcheck has taken place every year since 1988, it is important to note that roadside inspections occur every day across North America, with more than 3.8 million performed in 2009.

For Roadcheck 2010, roadside inspectors focused on the North American Standard (NAS) Level I inspection, safety belt enforcement, and motorcoach inspections. More than 9,856 CVSA-certified inspectors at 2,482 locations across North America performed 65,327 truck and bus inspections in the 72-hour event. Of that total, there were 48,970 NAS Level I inspections, the most comprehensive roadside inspection.

Data from Roadcheck 2010 indicated the following:

The overall vehicle compliance rate at 80.0 percent (vs. 80.4 percent in 2009), with an overall driver compliance rate of 95.6 percent (unchanged from last year).
For NAS Level I inspections, the compliance rates were 76.7 percent for vehicles (vs. 77.8 percent in 2009) and 96.3 percent for drivers (vs. 96.1 percent in 2009).
There were 189 more safety belt violations in 2010 than there were last year (1,159 vs. 970), a 19.5-percent increase.
Inspections of passenger-carrying vehicles resulted in an increased vehicle compliance rate (91.0 percent in 2010 vs. 88.5 percent in 2009) and a driver compliance rate in that was unchanged from last year (96.4 percent).
Hazardous materials inspections resulted in a vehicle compliance rate of 83.7 percent (vs. 83.0 percent in 2009) and driver compliance rate of 97.5 percent (vs. 97.0 percent in 2009).

"Brake-related defects continue to account for half of all out-of-service violations," said CVSA Region V (Canada) President Steve Callahan. "We need all industry players to continue working together to achieve a further sustained drop in the OOS rate in the years ahead."

CVSA sponsors Roadcheck each year with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA), Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (Mexico). CVSA is an international not-for-profit organization comprised of local, state, provincial, territorial, and federal motor carrier safety officials and industry representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its mission is to promote commercial motor vehicle safety and security by providing leadership to enforcement, industry, and policymakers. For more on CVSA, visit www.cvsa.org.

The information contained in this publication was obtained from sources believed to be reliable. ISO Services Properties, Inc., its companies and employees make no guarantee of results and assume no liability in connection with either the information herein contained or the safety suggestions herein made. Moreover, it cannot be assumed that every acceptable safety procedure is contained herein or that abnormal or unusual circumstances may not warrant or require further or additional procedure.