The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) released results from an annual seven-day safe-driving initiative targeting passenger vehicle and commercial vehicle drivers.
On October 14, 2025, the CVSA released results from this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week campaign, which took place throughout North America on July 13 — 19, 2025.
The purpose of Operation Safe Driver Week is to use traffic-enforcement, interactions with law enforcement officers, and educational outreach to improve driver behavior and reduce crashes. Officers were on the lookout for dangerous driving behaviors including speeding, distracted driving, aggressive driving.
During the weeklong campaign, officers in the U.S. and Canada pulled over a total of 8,739 vehicles and issued 2,504 tickets/citations and 3,575 warnings to both passenger and commercial vehicle drivers.
Officers issued 3,230 warnings and 1,839 tickets/citations to commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Passenger vehicle drivers received 345 warnings and 665 tickets/citations during Operation Safe Driver Week.
The top violation during Operation Safe Driver Week was speeding, with commercial vehicle drivers receiving 1,073 warnings and 491 tickets/citations, and passenger vehicle drivers receiving 176 warnings and 416 citations/tickets for speed-related infractions.
Failure to wear a seatbelt also ranked high among Operation Safe Driver Week violations. Commercial motor vehicle drivers received 204 warnings and 248 tickets/citations for not wearing their seat belt, while passenger vehicle drivers were given 15 warnings and 16 tickets/citations for failure to wear a seat belt.
Commercial vehicle drivers received 107 warnings and 79 tickets/citations for texting/using a handheld device while operating a commercial motor vehicle during Operation Safe Driver Week. Meanwhile, motorists received 22 warnings and 37 tickets/citations for texting/using a handheld device while behind the wheel.
Operation Safe Driver Week resulted in 14 warnings and 22 citations for commercial vehicle drivers for possession/use/under influence of drugs/alcohol. Four passenger vehicle drivers received warnings and five received citations for possession/use/under influence of drugs/alcohol, officials say.