Law enforcement will be paying closer attention to unsafe driving behaviors of both truck and car drivers July 12-18 as part of the CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver Week.
Next week’s push marks the first — and one of the largest — organized enforcement campaigns since the coronavirus pandemic cancelled CVSA’s annual International Roadcheck inspection blitz in early May.
CVSA says less traffic on the roads due to the COVID-19 pandemic may be encouraging some drivers to ignore traffic safety laws, including speed limits. A number of jurisdictions, CVSA says, have seen “a severe spike in speeding” during the pandemic. To combat that trend, CVSA has selected speeding as the focus area for Operation Safe Driver Week — and being pulled over for speeding is an invitation for officers for deeper driver and vehicle inspections.
The special focus on CVSA’s now-postponed Roadcheck was slated to be “driver requirements” — CDLs, medical cards, seat belts, records of duty status, ELD compliance and more – during the 72-hour ramp-up in enforcement.
The CVSA’s decision to focus on driver requirements this year stems from the 2018 implementation of ELDs.
While driver qualifications are the focus of this year’s event, inspectors will still mostly conduct a full 37-point North American Standard Level I inspection during the three-day blitz. During the vehicle portion of the inspection, law enforcement will check brake systems, cargo securement, driveline components, exhaust systems, frames, fuel systems, lights, steering, suspension, tires and more.
