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Nearly 1,600 vehicles removed from roads during spring’s unannounced Brake Safety Day 

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Category: Safety

Fifty-two US and Canadian jurisdictions conducted 11,531 roadside inspections on commercial motor vehicles and removed 1,595 vehicles with brake violations from roadways on April 25, 2018,

as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) unannounced Brake Safety Day enforcement initiative. 

  Brake Safety Day inspection data from Canada and the US featured the following results:

  • 11,531 inspections were conducted for Brake Safety Day.
  • 1,595 commercial motor vehicles were placed out of service for brake violations (13.8% of the total number of vehicles inspected). 
  • 52 jurisdictions participated – 41 US states and 11 Canadian provinces/territories.
  • The US conducted 10,074 commercial motor vehicle inspections; Canada conducted 1,457.
  • In the US, 14% of commercial motor vehicles were placed out of service for brake violations.
  • In Canada, 12.4% of commercial motor vehicles were placed out of service for brake violations.
  • 86.2% of the total number of commercial motor vehicles inspected did not have any critical brake-related vehicle violations.

Many participating jurisdictions surveyed anti-lock braking system (ABS) compliance, as follows:

  • 8,128 air-braked trucks and tractors were identified as requiring ABS; 10.2% had ABS violations.
  • 5,331 trailers were identified as requiring ABS; 14.3% had ABS violations.
  • 1,299 hydraulic-braked trucks required ABS; 3.5% had ABS violations.
  • 95 buses required ABS; 2.1% had ABS violations.

CVSA holds brake-focused enforcement events throughout the year to identify and remove commercial motor vehicles with dangerous brake issues from our roadways in an effort to reduce the number of crashes associated with deficient brake performance. 

“Inspecting, identifying and removing commercial motor vehicles with brake violations from our roadways is critical to the safety of the traveling public,” said CVSA President Capt. Christopher Turner, Kansas Highway Patrol. “Brake systems that are improperly installed, neglected or poorly maintained reduce braking efficiency and increase stopping distances of trucks and buses, posing a serious transportation safety risk.” 

According to the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Large Truck Crash Causation Study, large trucks involved in a crash where the braking capacity of the truck was critical were 50% more likely to have a brake violation than were trucks involved in crashes where the truck’s braking capacity was not critical. Of the trucks involved in brake-critical crashes, 45.5% had brake violations, compared with 29.9% of trucks involved in crashes of the same type but where their braking was not relevant.

Brake Safety Day also aims to improve commercial motor vehicle brake safety awareness throughout North America. An important component of the safety initiative involves educating drivers, mechanics, owner-operators and others on the importance of proper brake inspection, maintenance and operation.

Brake Safety Day and other brake-related enforcement, education and awareness initiatives are part of the Operation Airbrake Program sponsored by CVSA in partnership with the Canadian
Council of Motor Transport Administrators and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

CVSA held another brake safety enforcement event during Brake Safety Week, Sept. 16-22. Look for results of this event in our next issue.