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OOS Violations Down in This Year's Brake Check

Out of service brake violations dropped slightly this year during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's annual, unannounced brake check day.

On May 6, CVSA-certified inspectors in 32 participating states and Canadian provinces and territories checked brakes on 6,337 commercial vehicles. Brake violations placed 14.2% of inspected vehicles out of service, which is down a full percentage point from the 15.2% last year.

Brake stroke violations placed 9.5% of vehicles out of service this year and 7.7% were taken out for brake component violations. This is compared to 9% and 8.5% respectively last year.

More than 50,000 individual wheel ends were checked in North America during the one-day event. It was found that brakes equipped with manual adjusters were 2.5 times more likely to be out of adjustment than those equipped with self-adjusting brake adjusters.

The CVSA recently announced the dates of its next Operation Airbrake event, Brake Safety Week, which is a week-long brake safety campaign. To read the full results of the brake check, click here.