Heavy Duty Trucking, March 2020

period commercial motor vehicle inspectors in jurisdictions throughout North America will conduct inspections on commercial motor vehicles and drivers Each year International Roadcheck places special emphasis on a category of violations This years focus is on the driver requirements category of a roadside inspection With last years federal electronic logging device full compliance mandate in the U S the alliance decided that this years International Roadcheck would be the perfect opportunity to revisit all aspects of roadside inspection driver requirements said CVSA President John Samis with the Delaware State Police CAT HDT 021420 qxp_ Layout 1 2 14 20 12 40 PM Page 1 Less Time More Miles WEIGH PAY GET GOING You know your drivers can trust CAT Scale for guaranteed accurate weights They can get that same guarantee even faster by using the Weigh My Truck app Weigh and pay all from a mobile device without leaving the cab Your drivers spend less time weighing so they can spend more time on the road 1 877 CAT SCALE 228 7225 catscale com weighmytruck com SAFETYSHORTS Roadcheck inspection blitz scheduled for May The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced that its annual International Roadcheck commercial vehicle inspection blitz week will take place May 5 7 Roadcheck has traditioinally been held the first week of June However this year the date was moved up by one month when the weather may be more favorable for many jurisdictions CVSA said International Roadcheck is a high volume high visibility three day enforcement initiative that highlights the importance of commercial motor vehicle safety through roadside inspections Over that 72 hour Turning around a bad safety record The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute looked at a diverse group of failing fleets that turned themselves around In an interview for the HDT Talks Trucking podcast Virginia Tech senior researcher Matt Camden shared some strategies those fleets which ranged from about 20 trucks to over 1000 trucks had used to reduce crashes including Investing in advanced safety technology such as automatic emergency braking lane departure warning and in cab cameras Using stricter hiring criteria and not allowing exceptions Creating environments where drivers are known by name and coached on a personal basis Using driving simulators to create very serious but rare crash scenarios Camden shared the story of one 100 truck fleet that implemented driverfacing cameras Two months later one of its trucks was in serious crash and the video showed it was not the drivers fault The next day the fleet was approached by a lawyer from the other party They sent the video over to the plaintiffs attorney and the suit went away that day Camden said When the other drivers found out that video system potentially saved them from being sued from potentially going to jail every single driver wanted and asked for that technology You can listen to the full episode at www truckinginfo com podcasts MARCH 2020 HDT 33 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM PHOTO CVSA