Roadcheck 2009 Results Show Improvement, CVSA Says
Roadcheck 2009 inspections showed significant declines in vehicle and driver out-of-service rates as well as safety belt violations, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said Thursday.
Overall compliance rate for the annual 72-hour Roadcheck period, held June 2-4, was 80.4%, the highest since 1996. The overall driver compliance rate was 95.7% — the highest ever, CVSA said.
Certified inspectors at 2,148 locations performed a record 72,782 truck and bus inspections, said CVSA, which is up of law enforcement officials in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
The group sponsors the annual event in tandem with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and 2009 was Roadcheck’s 22nd year.
Roadside inspectors focused on the North American standard level I inspection, safety belt enforcement and Unified Carrier Registration compliance (6-8, p. 2).
Seatbelt violations — a prime focus of the program in recent years — declined to 976, from 1,246 last year.
“The positive results of this year’s Roadcheck program reinforce the importance of federal, state and local enforcement partners working together to keep our roads safe and save lives,” said Rose McMurray, FMCSA’s acting deputy administrator.
