Roadcheck Figures Show High Compliance Levels
Only 4.4% of drivers stopped for inspections in this year’s Roadcheck event held last month were placed out service — the same percentage as last year when driver compliance hit an all-time high for the annual safety inspection event held across North America.
Results from the June 8-10 event sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance show that the commercial motor vehicle industry hovering close to the record low out-of-service rates set during 2009.
Figures show the overall vehicle compliance rate at 80%, down slightly from 80.4% last year, with an overall driver compliance rate of 95.6%, which is unchanged from last year, according to American Trucking Associations.
“This year’s Roadcheck results provide further evidence of the trucking industry’s steadfast commitment to safety,” said American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves.
In the hazmat driver category, 2.5% of the drivers stopped were placed out of service, down from 3% in 2009. Because of inspector layoffs due to the poor economy, the number of inspections conducted this year, 65,327, was down 10% from last year.
The results showed that despite the recession’s impact on both trucking and commercial vehicle safety inspectors at the local government level, safety benchmarks are holding, said Stephen Keppler, CVSA’s interim executive director.
Other Roadcheck sponsors were the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Transport Canada, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators and Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transportation.
