During a recent three-day inspection exercise, 19.3% of the commercial motor vehicles inspected in the United States were placed out of service, while 5.8% of U.S. drivers were sidelined.
These are the results of the International Roadcheck conducted by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance from May 16-18 in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
According to the CVSA, U.S. inspectors conducted 53,847 Level I, II, and III Inspections in total. There were 15,932 vehicle violations, 5,020 driver violations, and 205 hazardous material violations.
US inspectors also discovered:
- The most common vehicle out-of-service violations involved brake systems.
- The most prevalent driver in-service violation was hours of service.
- Loading was the leading cause of hazardous material out-of-service violations.
- There were 2,798 violations of cargo security
- On 1,264 power units and 2,428 trailers, anti-lock braking system violations were found.
- Inspectors issued 931 violations for safety belts.
The most common out-of-service violations committed by U.S. drivers were:
Service hours, 1,976 False logs, 1,374 Other
License canceled/revoked, 414 No medical certificate, 241
The top out-of-service violations for vehicles in the United States were as follows:
Inspectors also affixed CVSA decals to 12,284 power units, 4,681 trailers, and 305 motorcoaches/buses, for a total of 17,270 decals.
CVSA-certified examiners found at least one out-of-service violation on 19% of the vehicles inspected across the three countries and subsequently removed 11,270 commercial motor vehicles from the roads until the violations were corrected. There were a total of 17,479 vehicle out-of-service violations.
The previous year, inspectors conducted 59,026 inspections and placed out of service 12,456 commercial motor vehicles and 3,714 commercial motor vehicle drivers.
