Last year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck took over 2,000 trucks off the road because of light issues. Brake lamp failures, a common problem that’s easy for ...

Every year thousands of trucks are pulled off the road during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week by inspectors across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, who in 2023 conducted 18,875 ...

Inspectors in 45 jurisdictions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico conducted 4,569 inspections and placed 398 vehicles (8.7%) out-of-service (OOS) due to brake-related violations as part ...

A large majority of trucks inspected during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week in August did not have any out-of-service brake violations that deemed them unsafe to proceed on ...

Many of the larger vehicles on our roads have one intriguing thing in common: They can make sudden, loud, gas-escaping hissing noises. These noises, admittedly, have made this writer jump — on more ...

Among the reasons someone might want to avoid passing a semi-truck is to steer clear of that harsh piercing screech it makes when slowing down. That sound is referred to as brake squeal, and although ...

One of the most dangerous actions a driver does without thinking about road safety is brake checking. Yes, many of us would’ve heard this term but not fully understood or paused for a minute to get to ...

Modern trucks come equipped with advanced technologies, yet many still rely on drum brakes, a design that has been around for more than a century. Drum brakes remain widely used in the trucking ...