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CVSA, fleets share maintenance tips ahead of Roadcheck

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Updated Apr 18, 2023

Register now for this critical webinar on April 20

Over the three day-long Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s International Roadcheck commercial motor vehicle inspection and enforcement initiative last year, CVSA-certified inspectors conducted 59,026 inspections and placed 12,456 commercial motor vehicles out of service nationwide. This year’s enforcement blitz will take place May 16-18, and in this webinar on April 20 at 1:00 p.m. Central — sponsored by Mann+Hummel — we will discuss the top OOS violations (namely brakes, lights and tires), and what drivers and the shop should be doing to catch these faults before enforcement officers do.

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During Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck commercial motor vehicle inspection and enforcement initiative last May, certified inspectors conducted 59,026 inspections and placed 12,456 (21.1%) commercial motor vehicles and 3,714 drivers (6.2%) out of service: each high-watermarks since the world re-emerged from the pandemic.

The number of overall inspections was much lower in 2021 (23,135), yet inspectors still removed 21.8% vehicles from the road and 5.2% of drivers.