Three-Day Roadcheck 2010 Wraps Up Thursday
The three-day Roadcheck 2010 event wrapped up Thursday, with more than 2,000 checkpoints set up on roads and highways across North America to monitor truck safety compliance.
More than 9,000 law enforcement officers in Canada, the United States and Mexico are participating in the event, sponsored by the Commercial Safety Vehicle Alliance and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Trucks deemed unsafe in the 23rd annual event because of mechanical or driver violations are being put out of service and cannot go back on the road until the violations are corrected.
CVSA is a coalition of commercial vehicle law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
“Lives will be saved as a result of Roadcheck,” FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro said at a Roadcheck 2010 kickoff event Tuesday in Landover, Md., outside of Washington.
Hundreds of trucks were inspected in six hours by commercial vehicle safety inspectors at FedEx Field, working with the Maryland State Police who pulled trucks off nearby Interstate 95.
“To drivers of large trucks and buses, we ask you to keep your vehicle in tip-top shape, wear your seat belt, don’t speed and don’t drive fatigued,” Ferro said.
By Michele Fuetsch, Staff Reporter
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