Greenbelt, MD — Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspectors positioned 11.6% of the trucks and buses they examined out of service for brake-related violations throughout a latest security blitz.
On June 10, CVSA introduced the outcomes of its Brake Safety Day marketing campaign. Out of 4,898 automobiles checked, inspectors all through the United States, Canada and Mexico positioned 570 out of service. Violations included worn brake traces/hoses, damaged brake drums, inoperative tractor safety system, inoperative low-air warning machine, and air and hydraulic fluid leaks.
The occasion was a part of CVSA’s Operation Airbrake, carried out in partnership with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, and Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation and National Guard.
CMV inspectors throughout North America are set to carry out introduced and unannounced brake system inspections Aug. 25-31 throughout CVSA’s annual Brake Safety Week.
