News
Today is the Start of CVSA’s Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative in Canada
February 20, 2023
This week, Canadian law enforcement jurisdictions will track human trafficking awareness and outreach activities and submit that data to the Alliance.
CVSA’s Deputy Executive Director Adrienne Gildea Named MCSAC Vice Chair
February 10, 2023
Adrienne Gildea, CVSA's deputy executive director, has been selected to serve as vice chair of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee.
CVSA Now Accepting Applications for College Scholarship Awards
February 7, 2023
CVSA is now accepting college scholarship applications from high school seniors who will graduate this year and attend college as a freshman in the fall for the 2023-2024 school year.
CVSA Continues to Support U.S. DOT’s National Roadway Safety Strategy
February 3, 2023
As we commemorate the one-year anniversary of the National Roadway Safety Strategy’s launch, CVSA remains committed to eliminating crashes, fatalities and injuries on our highways, roads and streets.
Today is the Start of CVSA's Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative in the U.S.
January 9, 2023
This week, CVSA law enforcement jurisdictions in the U.S. will track human trafficking awareness and outreach activities and events, and submit that data to the Alliance. CVSA will gather the information and report the results this summer.
CVSA Receives $5 Million State CMV Enforcement Training and Support Grant
January 4, 2023
On Jan. 3, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it awarded CVSA with a $5 million Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Training and Support Grant/Cooperative Agreement to train and certify law enforcement individuals to conduct commercial motor vehicle safety activities, such as inspections, investigations, audits, traffic enforcement, etc.
Canada's ELD Progressive Enforcement Period Changes Jan. 1
January 1, 2023
Effective Jan. 1, 2023, inspectors and roadside enforcement personnel in Canadian provinces and territories may begin documenting electronic logging device (ELD) violations and issuing citations to commercial motor vehicle drivers operating vehicles without a Canadian-compliant ELD.
CVSA Releases 2022 Operation Safe Driver Week Results
November 30, 2022
Officers in Canada and the U.S. pulled over more than 35,000 commercial motor vehicles and passenger vehicles and issued 26,164 warnings and citations to commercial motor vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers engaging in unsafe driving behaviors, ranging from speeding to distracted driving.
CVSA Releases 2022 Brake Safety Week Results
November 15, 2022
Of the total number of the commercial motor vehicles inspected, 13.3% were placed out of service for brake-related critical vehicle inspection item violations. That also means that nearly 87% of the commercial motor vehicles inspected throughout North America during Brake Safety Week did not have brake-related critical vehicle inspection item violations.
CVSA Expands Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative from Three Days to Five
November 8, 2022
In the U.S., HTAI is scheduled for Jan. 9-13, 2023. In Canada, the HTAI dates are Feb. 20-24, 2023. And in Mexico, HTAI is set for March 13-17, 2023.