Officials Remove 26% of Trucks Following Safety Inspections
Safety officials in the United States and Canada placed 26% of the 42,826 trucks and drivers they inspected out of service as part of International Road Check 2000.
The results of the coordinated 72-hour effort in the first week of June compared with an out-of-service rate of just under 21% last year.
Also, more inspectors took to the field and completed 5,000 more inspections than in last year’s campaign.
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 | CVSA International Road Check | ||||
| total | Level I inspections | vehicles out of service | drivers out of service | |
| 2000 | 42,826 | 36,997 | 11,000 (26%) | 2,734 (5.5%) |
| 1999 | 38,864 | 19,655 | 8,142 (20.9%) | 3,328 (8.6%) |
| 1998 | 60,031 | 34,211 | 13,255 (22.1%) | 4,442 (7.4%) |
| 1997 | 60,089 | 37,196 | 12,189 (20.3%) | 4,484 (7.5%) |
| 1996 | 36,187 | 17,079 | 6,953 (19.2%) | 2,663 (7.3%) |
| *Figures for Mexico are not included | ||||
| Source: Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance | ||||
This year’s percentage was pushed up by the greater number of intensive Level 1 inspections, according to the sponsoring organization, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
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