What exactly will inspectors be looking for this Sunday at the start of Brake Safety Week? Good question. To learn more, CCJ offers another look at our brake inspection video, our most popular ...

CVSA’s Will Schaefer and HDT’s Jim Park dig into the reasons for the fairly consistent brake out-of-service rates and how inspectors manage to uncover brake defects that seem to elude drivers and ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Unsafe brake-related problems led to nearly 10% of some 4,560 commercial motor vehicles being taken out of service in a single day of ...

The following was published in CCJ's Air Brake Book, 11th edition, sponsored by SilverbackHD. CCJ's Air Brake Book is a complementary industry resource, courtesy of our partnership with SilverbackHD, ...

Certified inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 16,725 inspections on commercial motor vehicles as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) North American Brake Safety ...

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 ...

Brake violations remain a common source of roadside citations and even crashes and it's important to ensure your fleets brakes are up to par. Nearly 1,600 vehicles were put out of service for brake ...

A special focus will be placed on the inspection of brake systems, particularly drums and rotors, during Brake Safety Week, scheduled for August 24-30, 2025. Vehicles with critical violations will be ...

Inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 4,898 commercial motor vehicle inspections in a special unannounced one-day brake safety event April 30, putting 570 vehicles out of service for ...

When it comes to cars, the brake system is one of the most vital components. Virtually all modern automotive brake systems work using hydraulic brake fluid to generate the pressure necessary to ...