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Maj. Erick McGuire with the Florida Highway Patrol is the new president of the Alliance. Sgt. William Alarcon with New Jersey State Police is CVSA’s vice president. Tpr. Robert “Beau” Wittkowski with the Iowa State Patrol was elected to the position of CVSA secretary.

During this year’s HM/DG Road Blitz, which was June 9-13, inspectors affixed 831 CVSA decals to inspected vehicles.

In addition to the other brake components that are examined as part of a routine North American Standard Inspection, inspectors will also focus on drums and rotors, the emphasis for this year’s brake safety initiative.

CVSA is pleased to announce that Dustin Henderson with the Texas Department of Public Safety has earned this year’s NAIC Jimmy K. Ammons Grand Champion Award, the highest honor for a commercial motor vehicle roadside inspector.

With 45 years of incident-free professional driving experience behind the wheel, Lassiter has driven more than 2.5 million safe miles.

The scholarships were awarded to Madyson Daniels and Trey Johnson in recognition of their exceptional academic achievements, dedication to community service, focused plans for their futures and demonstrated leadership.

Law enforcement personnel in 50 states, five Canadian provinces and Mexico participated in this year’s Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative, an annual five-day human trafficking awareness and outreach campaign.

Throughout the week, law enforcement personnel in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. will identify commercial motor vehicle drivers and/or passenger vehicle drivers engaging in unsafe driving behaviors on our roadways and issue a warning(s) or citation(s). Warning and citation data will be reported to CVSA, and the results will be released in the fall.

Effective today, non-compliance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 391.11(b)(2) is now a driver out-of-service violation, according to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria, which are the criteria that commercial motor vehicle enforcement personnel utilize to identify violations during an inspection that prohibit a driver from operating a… Read more »

Of the 4,569 inspections conducted on April 22, 4,171 commercial motor vehicles did not have any brake-related out-of-service violations – 91.3% of the total number of vehicles inspected. Conversely, inspectors identified 398 (8.7%) commercial motor vehicles with brake-related critical inspection item vehicle violations. Those vehicles were immediately restricted from further travel until the violations were addressed.

Law enforcement personnel in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. will conduct commercial motor vehicle inspections, educate drivers and motor carriers about the importance of brake safety, and provide brake inspection and violation data to CVSA.

Pursuant to President Donald J. Trump’s Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America’s Truck Drivers Executive Order, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Board of Directors voted to add non-compliance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 391.11(b)(2) to the CVSA North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria, effective June 25. On May 20, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released updated guidance on enforcing the English language proficiency requirements in 49 CFR § 391.11(b)(2).

From May 13-15, commercial motor vehicles and drivers may be inspected by CVSA-certified inspectors at weigh/inspection stations, temporary sites, mobile patrols and other locations throughout North America to verify compliance with federal regulations.

Pursuant to President Donald J. Trump’s executive order, the CVSA Board of Directors voted to add non-compliance with CFR 391.11(b)(2) to the CVSA North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria, effective June 25.

The focus of this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week is reckless, careless or dangerous driving.

The 2025 out-of-service criteria replace and supersede all previous versions.

As FMCSA administrator, Barrs would lead approximately 1,100 dedicated employees across the country who work diligently every day to improve commercial motor vehicle safety through regulation, education, enforcement, research and technology.

Mexico’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation has prioritized participating in this annual educational and outreach effort. Its goals are to raise awareness, provide training, and disseminate information about human trafficking identification and prevention to commercial motor vehicle drivers, administrative staff, public servants and the public.

CVSA is now accepting nominations for its International Driver Excellence Award, an annual award that recognizes an extraordinary professional commercial motor vehicle driver and their commitment to public safety.

Inspectors will pay close attention to the driver’s record of duty status and the vehicle’s tires.