Updated May 8, 2021
Compliance consultant Andy Blair, based in Pennsylvania, sent along a list of out of service violations related to lighting equipment and the hours of service yesterday with a mind toward helping haulers of all stripes keep aware particularly of the biggest risks when it comes to violations within the two main focus areas of this week s Roadcheck event, which started today and runs through Thursday, May 6. I keep up with 49 CFR, or the Code of Federal Regulations, where trucking requirements are found, he said, and the out-of-service criteria, and still do Level 1 DOT inspections.
Blair, of DOT Safety Checkups LLC, is a retired officer, and does these inspections for private industry.
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I-35 in Fort Worth remains closed after fatal 100-vehicle pileup
Crews continue work Thursday afternoon to clear a fatal crash that occurred Thursday morning involving dozens of vehicles along I-35W north of Fort Worth, Texas.
The pileup, which occurred around 6:20 a.m. Thursday, was a result of slick and icy roads caused by overnight rain. According to a report by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, around 100 cars and tractor-trailers were involved in the one-mile stretch of wreckage.
Fort Worth police have confirmed five fatalities as of Thursday afternoon, the report adds, with dozens of others injured and transported to local hospitals.
More than 50,000 North American Standard Level I, II, III and V Inspections were conducted throughout Canada, Mexico and the U.S. during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s three-day International Roadcheck commercial motor vehicle and driver inspection and enforcement initiative. The overall vehicle out-of-service rate in North America, for Level I, II and V Inspections combined, was 20.9%.
This year’s International Roadcheck took place Sept. 9-11, 2020. It was originally scheduled for May 5-7, 2020, but was postponed to September due to the coronavirus pandemic. Law enforcement personnel conducted inspections following their departments’ health and safety protocols in order to protect inspectors and the drivers with whom they came into contact.