RoadCheck 2009 Scheduled for June 2-4

We are all familiar with roadside inspections.  They take place all the time, whenever your truck or driver has been selected while out on the road.  What you may not know is how it affects your business.

Whenever your truck or driver is inspected on the roadside, and a violation is discovered, the results show up as a negative hit on "SafeStat", a website open to the public view

WASHINGTON - Roadcheck 2009 is scheduled for June 2-4, according to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial vehicles in the world, with approximately 14 trucks or buses being inspected, on average, every minute from Canada to Mexico during a 72-hour period.

CVSA sponsors Roadcheck with participation by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (Mexico).

Roadcheck is one of a series of activities that occur year round whereby CVSA-certified inspectors conduct compliance, enforcement and educational initiatives targeted at various elements of motor carrier, vehicle, driver and cargo safety and security.

"The roadside inspector, in partnership with FMCSA and the support it provides through the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program have been key factors in helping to reduce the large truck related fatality rate in the U.S. by nearly 50 percent in the last 20 years,” CVSA Executive Director Stephen F. Campbell, said. “Placing emphasis on drivers is a key component to enhancing safety on our highways, and concentrated enforcement programs like Roadcheck give us the data we need to target our efforts. Enforcement sends a message that we will put you out of service if you are violating the law or driving an unsafe commercial vehicle."

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