I have blogged numerous times since 2007 about the horrible safety levels of our nation’s trucking fleet as documented in the annual Roadcheck Safety Inspections. In Roadcheck, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) teams with state inspectors and they check more trucks on the road than normal. They announce the inspection dates months in advance so all the
At Least One in Five Trucks UNSAFE According to Recent RoadCheck Inspections
The June 2012 Roadcheck results are out and they showed that more than 1 in every 5 trucks inspected were placed out of service (OOS). That means the trucks were taken off the road as unsafe, even though this was a pre-announced inspection.
The trucking industry knew about Roadcheck for months, as did I, and
June 8, 9, and 10, 2012 – The Most Dangerous Days to be on Road – Roadcheck 2012
The truck industry "Roadcheck" is in process. That means from June 5-7 there will be more roadside inspectors looking at trucks – to ensure they are safe and legal – than at any other time of the year. Correspondingly, as those inspectors take a day off after the big push, the following three days have
Roadcheck 2011 Results
So what was good and bad about Raodcheck 2011? The following Chart of Violations tells the story:
1 in 4 Trucks in Texas Unsafe and Shouldn’t Be On the Roads!
Roadcheck was in June and results are starting to be reported. So how did Texas do? On an ANNOUNCED inspection OVER 1 in 4 trucks was deemed to be so unsafe they were told to stop operating until they fixed a safety issue. The reported numbers from KMOO can be found HERE . The article stated in
SAFEST DAYS ON THE ROAD JUNE 7-9 THIS YEAR
The 2011 Roadcheck is underway. This is the pre-announced "high inspection rate" period for tractor trailers. Over these few days almost 2% of the tractor trailers on the road have a chance of getting inspected. Despite being woefully inadequate, this is almost double the normal rate of daily inspections. This is when the smart unsafe truckers take
ROADCHECK TO SHOW HOW DANGEROUS TRUCKING FLEETS ARE JUNE 7-9
Roadcheck gives the US a false sense of security. Every year Roadcheck is announced by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance months before the actual inspection. This year Roadcheck will be June 7-9. It is bad enough that the trucking industry knows when Roadcheck is months in advance, now, according to Transportation Topics (May 30, 2011 p27), they
TRUCK INDUSTRY TRIES TO HIDE EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE BY US SENATE BILL
First a bit of background:
Electric on Board Recorders (EOBR’s) will soon be universally required in the trucking industry. This is a good thing as I have blogged about before here. Rules just passed by the FMCSA in April (See here) currently require only the bottom 10% of all trucking companies to use them. EOBR’s keep track of
2010 NATIONAL INSPECTIONS SHOW 1 IN EVERY 5 TRUCKS HAS A SAFETY VIOLATION!
The CVSA Roadcheck results are starting to be released and the statistics are not good, despite the spin put on them by trucking industry shills. The fact is one in every five trucks on the road, during safety checks announced months in advance, were found to have a safety violation. I have blogged on this topic
Roadcheck 2010 Over – Be Careful This Week!
Roadcheck 2010 was June 8-10 this year. This is the industry, pre-announced, inspection that causes unsafe truck drivers to take vacations so they don’t get inspected. This is true even though the increased inspections still only look at a fraction of the trucks on the road. Now that the inspection is over unsafe truckers will be