Due to the current pandemic, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s International Roadcheck was pushed back to September 9-11. Starting tomorrow, this high-volume, high-visibility inspection, and enforcement initiative will begin in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. All over these countries, at select locations, commercial motor vehicles will be inspected to make…
This year, the Commerical Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Operation Safe Driver Week took place July 12-18. Over the course of that week, law enforcement watched almost 70,000 incidents of unsafe driver behavior and issued over 70,000 tickets. Nearly 4,000 law enforcement officers in the United States and Canada interacted with nearly…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 2020 International Roadcheck is happening on September 9-11. During this time, starting on the 7th and ending on the 11th, Love’s Truck Care and Speedco locations are offering free TirePass inspections and half-priced DOT inspections. Also, with the purchase of a tire or oil change…
Public safety agencies and law enforcement have announced the transportation plan for the 2020 Democratic Nation Convention to be held in Milwaukee, WI on August 17-20, 2020. Together with local, state, and federal law enforcement, an outline has been put out closing roads, restricting flights, and putting in restricted zones…
Previously set to expire on August 14, Emergency Declaration 2020-002 set out by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will now expire on September 14, 2020. The extension has been declared because the presidentially declared emergency is still in place. This waiver changes the Hours of Service commercial drivers have…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is having its annual International Roadcheck on September 9-11. In March 2020, the CVSA had postponed it due to the current pandemic, it is now at a later date than normal. The International Roadcheck is a three-day event where law enforcement makes sure commercial vehicles…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Operation Safe Driver Week starts today, Monday, July 12 and runs through Friday, July 18. Law enforcement will be keeping an eye out for commercial vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers that are driving dangerously and erratically. This year’s focus will be on speeding and…
The Arizona Department of Transportation has announced the extension of the temporary weight limits for commercial trucks. In April, because of the national emergency declaration for the pandemic, ADOT raised its gross weight limit from 80,000 to 90,000. The extension was meant to expire at the end of June but…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted a further extension for commercial learner’s permit holders. Starting July 1, 2020, CLP holders will be able to drive a commercial vehicle without an accompanying CDL holder in the front seat. The CDL holder must be in the cab of the truck…
TravelCenters of America has a turnaround initiative out there to quickly grow its footprint around the country to better serve its customers and professional drivers. They have announced that they will be turning three existing travel centers into TA-branded sites. The newest opening happened on June 2 in Vermillion, South…