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CVSA's Brake Safety Week Is Underway
August 25, 2024
From Aug. 25-31, CVSA-certified inspectors will collect and submit inspection and violation data on brake systems and components, including brake linings and pads, to CVSA.
Local Member Jared Koester Earns the 2024 CVSA North American Inspectors Championship Grand Champion Award
August 24, 2024
CVSA is pleased to announce that Jared Koester, representing the Fort Worth Police Department as the competing local member, has earned this year’s North American Inspectors Championship Jimmy K. Ammons Grand Champion Award, the highest honor for a commercial motor vehicle roadside inspector.
Darryl Tolle with Ryder is CVSA's 2024 International Driver Excellence Award Recipient
August 6, 2024
With more than 41 years of crash-free professional driving experience behind the wheel, Tolle has driven 3.6 million safe miles – 2.8 million of those miles during his 35-year tenure with Ryder.
CVSA Awards $5,000 College Scholarships to Two Deserving Students
July 16, 2024
High school graduates Kinsley Barnes and Smriti Seshadri will each receive $5,000 toward their college education as the recipients of the CVSA's college scholarship awards.
CVSA Releases 2024 Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative Results
July 10, 2024
CVSA invited its law enforcement and industry/association members to participate in an annual five-day human trafficking awareness and outreach campaign. Participating enforcement and industry members took that opportunity to raise awareness and train individuals on the crime of human trafficking, indicators to look for and what to do when a victim of human trafficking has been identified.
CVSA's Operation Safe Driver Week Is Underway
July 7, 2024
From July 7 to 13, drivers exhibiting unsafe driving behaviors on our roadways, such as speeding, distracted driving, aggressive driving, following too closely, etc., will be pulled over by law enforcement personnel and may be issued a warning or citation.
More Than 500 Commercial Motor Vehicles Removed from North American Roadways in One Day Due to Brake Violations
June 10, 2024
Inspectors in 47 jurisdictions throughout Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 4,898 commercial motor vehicle inspections in one day as part of CVSA's brake-safety inspection and enforcement event.
CVSA's Brake Safety Week Scheduled for Aug. 25-31
May 29, 2024
Brake Safety Week is a commercial motor vehicle and driver inspection and regulatory compliance enforcement initiative, a brake-safety awareness and outreach opportunity, and a brake-related inspection and violation data-collection project.
CVSA's International Roadcheck Is Underway
May 14, 2024
Each year, International Roadcheck places special emphasis on a category of violations to spotlight certain aspects of the inspection process. This year, the focus is on tractor protection systems and alcohol and controlled substance possession/use.
CVSA's Operation Safe Driver Week Is Scheduled for July 7-13
April 10, 2024
Throughout Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement personnel in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. will be on the lookout for commercial motor vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers engaging in unsafe driving behaviors.