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More Than 6,000 Vehicles Transporting Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods Were Inspected During CVSA’s Unannounced Five-Day Inspection Initiative
October 12, 2022
On June 13-17, commercial motor vehicle inspectors inspected 6,204 vehicles transporting HM/DG and 6,668 HM/DG packages in Canada and the U.S. for a five-day unannounced HM/DG inspection and enforcement initiative.
CVSA Announces New Enhanced CMV Inspection Program for Autonomous Truck Motor Carriers
October 4, 2022
The CVSA Board of Directors approved the launch of the Alliance’s brand-new Enhanced Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspection Program, an inspection standard and procedure designed to govern inspections of commercial motor vehicles equipped with automated driving systems – also referred to as autonomous or driverless vehicles.
CVSA Transitions to New Leadership for 2022-2023
October 3, 2022
Maj. Chris Nordloh, with the Texas Department of Public Safety, is the new president of the Alliance. Col. Russ Christoferson, with the Montana Department of Transportation, is CVSA’s vice president. And Capt. John Broers, with the South Dakota Highway Patrol, moves into his three-year term as past president. CVSA Class I Members and Class II Local Members elected Capt. John Hahn, with the Colorado State Patrol, into the position of CVSA secretary.
Nearly 800 Individuals Attend CVSA Annual Conference and Exhibition in South Dakota
September 30, 2022
CVSA members and non-members gathered at the conference to work together to improve commercial motor vehicle safety, eliminate roadway crashes, and improve inspection and enforcement uniformity, consistency and reciprocity throughout North America.
CVSA Releases 2022 International Roadcheck Results
September 13, 2022
Over the three days of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck commercial motor vehicle inspection and enforcement initiative, CVSA-certified inspectors conducted 59,026 inspections and placed 12,456 commercial motor vehicles and 3,714 commercial motor vehicle drivers out of service.
CVSA Adopts Commercial Vehicle Brake Manufacturers Council
September 7, 2022
The members of the council represent North American OEM companies engaged in the manufacture and sales of commercial motor vehicle brake systems and components.
It’s Brake Safety Week
August 21, 2022
From Aug. 21-27, commercial motor vehicle inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. will be conducting their usual North American Standard Level I and IV Inspections; however, in addition, they will be documenting brake-related out-of-service violations and brake hose/tube chafing violations and will submit that data to CVSA. The results will be released later this year.
CVSA's 2022 North American Inspectors Championship Grand Champion is Michael Trautwein with the Houston Police Department
August 19, 2022
This is the second time in NAIC history that a local member has won Grand Champion; both wins have been from the Houston Police Department.
Ruth McDonough with Hittman Transport Services is CVSA’s 2022 International Driver Excellence Award Winner
August 3, 2022
CVSA is pleased to announce that this year’s International Driver Excellence Award (IDEA) recipient is professional driver Ruth McDonough. She is a specialized commercial motor vehicle driver responsible for hauling radioactive and nuclear loads with Hittman Transport Services. During her 10-year tenure at Hittman, McDonough has traveled more than a million safe and incident-free miles. Furthermore, she has been driving large vehicles – in the military and as a commercial motor vehicle driver – for more than 40 years and approximately 4 million miles, all incident free.
It's Operation Safe Driver Week
July 10, 2022
Operation Safe Driver Week is CVSA's seven-day safe-driving campaign aimed at improving the driving behaviors of passenger vehicle drivers and commercial motor vehicle drivers through educational and traffic enforcement strategies and interactions with law enforcement.