Photo: Arizona Department of Transportation
Greenbelt, MD — Commercial motor vehicle inspectors across North America will conduct announced and unannounced brake system inspections Aug. 24-30 during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Brake Safety Week.
The inspectors are expected to place special emphasis on brake drums and rotors – equipment CVSA says can affect a vehicle’s brake efficiency.
“Broken pieces of drums and rotors may become dislodged from the vehicle enroute and damage other vehicles or result in injuries or fatalities to the motoring public,” the organization says.
CVSA recorded nearly 17,000 inspections during last year’s outreach and enforcement event. Almost 13% of them identified vehicles with out-of-service conditions.
Brake Safety Week is part of Brake Safety Awareness Month. The event is aligned with CVSA’s Operation Airbake campaign – a program conducted in partnership with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, and Mexico’s National Guard and Ministry of Communications and Transportation
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Original article published by Safety+Health an NSC publication