Are Your Drivers Prepared For Upcoming Roadcheck 2022?

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In This Issue:

• Be Ready for the 2022 International Roadcheck
• Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Driver Tip Sheet
• CVSA's New North American Inspection Standard Takes Effect April 1st

International Roadcheck Set for May 17-19 (Emphasis on Wheel Ends)

This years International Roadcheck, with an emphasis on wheel ends, will take place May 17th through May 19th.

Roadcheck is a 72-hour high-visibility, high-volume commercial motor vehicle inspection, and enforcement initiative. Commercial motor vehicle inspectors in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. will conduct North American Standard Inspections of commercial motor vehicles and drivers at weighing and inspection stations, on roving patrols, and at temporary inspection sites. 

CVSA will focus on wheel ends for this years roadside inspection. Wheel end components support the heavy loads carried by commercial motor vehicles, maintain stability and control, and are critical for braking. Violations involving wheel-end components historically account for about one-quarter of the vehicle out-of-service violations discovered during Roadcheck, and past Roadcheck data routinely identified wheel-end components as a top 10 vehicle violation.

Make sure your drivers are ready!

Here are the numbers from the 2021 Roadcheck:

Learn more about International Roadcheck

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Driver Tip Sheet

Print out this sheet for your drivers!

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

My driver has gone through a roadside inspection, how long do I have to keep this documentation on file?

Answer: Copies of all roadside inspections are to be kept by the motor carrier for 12 months. The driver is required to turn in the inspection to the motor carrier within 24 hours. If they are not going to return to the terminal they are to mail in the inspection. If the inspection resulted in violations they are to be corrected or repaired and the inspection form is to be signed and certified that the repairs were completed and sent back to the state of inspection within 15 days.

Best Practice Guidelines for Roadside Inspections:

• Train drivers on how to complete good quality pre-trip inspections to reduce the possibility of violations
• Use Idealease Pre-Post Trip training videos
• Review your FMCSA data monthly at https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/CompanySnapshot.aspx and enter your DOT number or name.
• After reviewing the snapshot report click on the SMS (CSA) link in the blue box in the upper right-hand corner.
• Review the vehicle and driver basics with the associated inspections and cross-reference the inspections you have on file with the inspections turned in by your drivers. Question those drivers who did not submit inspection reports.
• Review the “Carrier History” tab in the Tools/Resource section on your home page to determine if the number of inspections you are having is on the rise or decline.
• Review vehicle inspections and violations with your maintenance provider to reduce violations.
• Maintain copies, along with any repair orders attached if there were violations, in the tractor and trailer files.
• Use the roadside inspection information, such as date, time, and locations to cross-reference with the drivers' hours of service documentation for falsification violations
• Train drivers on how to successfully pass a roadside inspection and how to conduct themselves.
• Keep your vehicles clean and well maintained so as not to be targeted for inspection.
• Advise drivers that moving violations will generate inspections.
• Consider providing an incentive to drivers who successfully pass an inspection.

CVSA's New North American Inspection Standard Takes Effect April 1st

The new North American Standard Out-of-Service criteria will take effect Friday, April 1. This updated 2022 version replaces all previous versions.

How to obtain the new North American Standard Out-of-Service criteria:

• A spiral-bound, hard-copy handbook 
• An electronic PDF handbook
• The mobile app which includes inspection bulletins, inspection procedures, operational policies, inspection and educational videos, brochures, real-life photo examples of vehicle, cargo securement, and hazardous materials/dangerous goods violations, and access to the CVSA Learning portal for online training, and much more. To download the app, search “CVSA Out-of-Service Criteria” in the App Store or Google Play. 

National Work Zone Awareness Week April 11-15

It's that time of the year where drivers are confronted with more work zones. Every year, about 600 people are killed in roadway work zones. In an average year, about 90 workers are killed in work zones: most of these due to a vehicle entering a marked-off area of construction. To reduce this number drivers need to eliminate as many distractions as possible and drive safely through work zones.

National Work Zone Awareness (NWZA) is an annual spring campaign held at the start of construction season to encourage safe driving through highway work zones and construction sites. 

For more information:

http://www.nwzaw.org
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ourroads/work-zones-safety-tips 

Operation Safe Driver (July 10th-16th)

CVSA announces that this year's Operation Safe Driver week will take place July 10th through the 16th. 

aw enforcement personnel in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico will be on roadways throughout that week issuing warnings and citations to commercial and passenger vehicle drivers engaging in unsafe driving behaviors, such as speeding, distracted driving, following too closely, improper lane change, drunk or drugged driving, etc. 

*The Idealease Safety Bulletin is provided for Idealease locations and their customers and is not to be construed as a complete or exhaustive source of compliance or safety information. The Idealease Safety Bulletin is advisory in nature and does not warrant, guarantee, or otherwise certify compliance with laws, regulations, requirements, or guidelines of any local, state, or Federal agency and/or governing body, or industry standards.