This year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Airbrake Program will hold two annual brake safety inspections. The 2022 Brake Safety Week has been announced to take place starting August 21st and ending August 27th and there will be an unannounced one-day brake safety enforcement initiative to be held at any time. During Brake Safety Week, commercial motor vehicle inspectors will conduct Level IV Special Inspections on large trucks and buses focusing on brake-systems and components in an effort to remove those vehicles found in violation from our nation's roadways. Inspectors will compile data on brake hose/tubing chafing uncovered during inspecti [...]

In response to an 8% increase in on-the-road deaths in 2020, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has decided to reiterate last year’s focus on speeding and unsafe driving behaviors during this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week. Taking place from July 11th and July 17th, the week of heightened awareness will also focus on reckless or aggressive driving, distracted driving, following too closely, improper lane changes, failure to obey traffic control devices, failure to use a seat belt, and evidence of drunk or drugged driving in addition to speeding. Officers will be on the lookout for any risky driving behaviors in or around a commercial motor vehicle and will be handing out citations or warnings to violators. Fre [...]

But have you ever wondered who these drivers are, what their days look like, or how dangerous their jobs are to their health and lives? Or, as you've driven past a vehicle, have you thought about what laws govern them? Perhaps you've seen the news stories about the fears truckers have about automation and wondered about job outlook for truck drivers. This article serves as a one-stop-shop to answer all these questions, using the most recent data available. How Many People Are Employed in Truck Driving? Truck driving is a massive industry in the U.S., with 3.6 million employed as professional drivers and 7.95 million working in the transportation field in [...]

Families

-March 25th, 2021

HELENA, Mont. - "Slow down and move over when you see flashing lights," it’s a sentiment being echoed at the State Capitol after two tow truck drivers were killed last fall near Columbus.

Casey Allen and Nick Visser died when a car that did not move over, hit them on the side of the road as they were helping someone else. It all happened in the middle of a snowstorm and now lawmakers are pushing a bill through that would heighten the punishment for not moving over for any kind of emergency vehicle.

So far, it has sailed through the house with a unanimous yes vote. On Thursday, family [...]

- March 23rd, 2021 A police towing reform bill that was introduced on March 1 and then subject to further review will allow more towing and roadside service companies to compete fairly and openly for police vehicle tows throughout seven of Akron, Ohio’s twelve districts. The reform bill will be voted on next week. Up until this point police contracts have been split between a handful of tow companies at the [...]