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Updated Apr 30, 2021 Updated April 28, 2021, with poll results and more reporting ahead of the May 4-6 Roadcheck event. Judge it against the last time we asked a similar question, during Roadcheck last year, and you might think a hugely greater number of owner-operators were planning to sit out next week's three-day inspection blitz this time around. That last poll question, after the event in September of 2020, showed barely 15% actually on vacation for the week, having planned it and took it in advance. Here's what we got over the last month or so since this question was asked in the origin...

Apr 08, 2021 Researchers at the University of Arkansas and Michigan State set out to answer the question in the title of this post. Generally, they found, the answer is yes, particularly with respect to improved equipment compliance, more "durable" than improvements in driver behavior, as it were. That is, owner-operator and fleet investment in equipment in anticipation of Roadcheck and other events proves longer-lasting in the numbers than any changes in driving behaviors that are measurable. Old hand Mike "Mustang" Crawford and his independent business won't be on the road May 4-6 this year...