Tag: inspection
A fellow truck driver wants to know who is at fault in this video capturing a flatbedder’s right turn onto a side street. In the surveillance video footage, a flatbed semi truck is on a main roadway...
Love’s main fuel hauler was awarded the National Tank Truck Carriers North American Safety Grand Champion for the second year in a row. Gemini Motor Transport won the award for the private fleet category for the second...
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Arkansas troopers bust two truckers with more than 200 pounds of pot each at the same weigh station in a week
Arkansas Highway Police working at the Alma Weigh Station have recovered over 570 pounds of marijuana during two separate commercial vehicle inspections this week.
Ex-trooper sentenced to federal prison for accepting bribes for false inspection ratings
Former Texas DPS commercial vehicle enforcement officer Kevin Cauley was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for accepting bribes from a Dallas trucking...
Trucker collapses after inspection, is saved by the Iowa DOT officer who placed him out of service
An Iowa Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Inspector is being honored by the Red Cross for helping to save a truck driver who had a heart attack at a weigh station.
CVSA New Level VIII Electronic Inspection: Inspection In Motion
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) added a level of Electronic Inspection now necessary for commercial vehicles. Prior, the CVSA was regulated by inspections ranging...
Trucking Couple Jailed For Two Months For Bags Of Baking Soda
A husband and wife trucking team spent two months behind bars and lost their jobs after Arkansas police mistook bags of baking soda for...
Driver Chooses 70 Mile Police Chase Over Random Safety Inspection
Yesterday a truck driver fled from a random safety inspection, leading the Kentucky State Patrol on a 69 mile police pursuit along I-65.
Trucker Refuses...
Trucker Gets 20 Year Sentence For School Bus Crash
Today a judge handed down a twenty year sentence to a trucker who injured seven students when he rear ended a stopped school bus...
CVSA Announces Brake Safety Week Dates
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has announced that Brake Safety Week will take place from September 11 through September 17. CVSA says that inspectors will...
VIDEO: How To Survive CVSA Roadcheck Week
This short video has good tips for truck drivers facing inspections during the upcoming CVSA Roadcheck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjCXnnE_aPA Video Credit:
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Roadcheck 2016 Dates Announced
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has announced the dates for the 29th annual Roadcheck.
FMCSA Plans To Change Safety Fitness Rating System
The FMCSA has proposed a new motor carrier safety fitness rating system that they hope will help them to target companies with a higher...
Police: Man Killed After Intentionally Jumping In Front Of Truck
A man died early today after reportedly leaping over a highway guardrail and running in front of a truck near Paris, Tennessee. Missouri truck driver Phillip...
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