Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)

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The enforcement and safety initiative will take place with a particular focus on brake lining and pad condition.
June 4, 2024
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2024's International Roadcheck will be from May 14-16 and focus on tractor protection systems.
Feb. 15, 2024
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Along with alerting carriers to the dates for Brake Safety Week, the CVSA also has brake inspection checklists, tips for brake health, and lists of inspection procedures.
June 29, 2023
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CVSA's Operation Airbrake Program holds two annual brake safety campaigns, one announced and one unannounced. Brake Safety Week is scheduled for Aug. 20-26.
June 5, 2023
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During the unannounced inspection day, CVSA-certified inspectors focused on the vehicle’s brake systems and components, and removed commercial motor vehicles with brake-related...
July 23, 2021
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The overall vehicle out-of-service rate in North America in this year’s International Roadcheck for Level I, II, and V Inspections combined was 20.9 percent.
Dec. 17, 2020
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The Alliance will monitor the status of the COVID-19 pandemic and appropriately select the new dates when it’s safe and reasonable to do so.
March 26, 2020
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance released the results of their driver safety enforcement initiative in which enforcement personnel patrolled roadways for a week to identify...
Sept. 24, 2018
From Sept. 16 to 22, CVSA-certified enforcement personnel will be conducting a thorough investigation of brake systems on commercial motor vehicles, in an effort to call attention...
Sept. 19, 2018
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's unannounced Brake Safety Day enforcement initiative found brake violations in nearly 14 percent of the vehicles inspected.
July 18, 2018

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While 2025’s Brake Safety Day’s focus was on drum and/or rotor violations, the most common out-of-service violation was the 20% Brakes criterion.
June 19, 2025
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Brake Safety Week is coming up at the end of August, meaning that fleets, drivers, and technicians need to make sure their vehicles are prepared.
June 3, 2025
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Prepare for the 2025 International Roadcheck: Key focus areas for drivers and vehicles
This year, International Roadcheck will be held May 3-15 and will focus on drivers’ records of duty status and tires.
March 7, 2025
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The updated out-of-service criteria loosens regulations for tires equipped with ATIS and adds greater clarity to OOS violations for coupling and lighting issues.
April 1, 2024
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2023's Brake Safety Week placed 12.6% of inspected vehicles out of service for brake-related issues and logged 682 brake pad and lining violations.
Oct. 25, 2023
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Brake Safety Week will take place August 21-27. Here is what you need to know prior to the safety blitz, and how your fleet’s assets can be prepared to pass inspection.
June 8, 2022

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The Hand-Held and Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) Inspection Bulletin was amended.
May 9, 2018
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will begin enforcing the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate requirements on Dec. 18, 2017. The out-of-service criteria (OOSC...
Sept. 8, 2017
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Nineteen percent of commercial motor vehicles inspected were placed out of service.
Aug. 22, 2017
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Enforcement personnel conducted inspections on large trucks to identify out-of-adjustment brakes, and brake-system and antilock braking system violations.
July 12, 2017
Four the 24-hour event law enforcement agencies across North America will conduct inspections of commercial motor vehicles and their drivers.
June 21, 2017
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Law enforcement agencies throughout North America increased traffic safety enforcement of commercial motor vehicle drivers and private passenger-vehicle drivers during the CVSA...
Dec. 7, 2016
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week is this week, Oct. 16-22, 2016. Throughout the week, there will be heightened traffic safety enforcement...
Oct. 18, 2016
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) held its annual, unannounced brake check day on May 4, 2016, as part of its Operation Airbrake program.
July 26, 2016
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) Brake Safety Week, an annual outreach and enforcement campaign designed to improve commercial motor vehicle (CMV) brake safety ...
July 13, 2016
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International Roadcheck is a 72-hour period when approximately 10,000 CVSA-certified local, state, provincial, territorial and federal inspectors in jurisdictions across North...
June 1, 2016
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance unveiled the top five warnings and citations issued to CMV drivers and the top five warnings and citations issued to non-CMV (passenger ...
Jan. 6, 2016
CVSA-certified commercial motor vehicle safety inspectors conducted 18,817 brake-system inspections on large trucks and buses throughout North America during the Commercial Vehicle...
Oct. 30, 2015
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On June 2-4, 2015, commercial motor vehicle inspectors across North America completed 69,472 truck and bus inspections during International Roadcheck.
Sept. 30, 2015