The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck is scheduled for May 12-14. The high-visibility, high-volume commercial motor vehicle inspection and regulatory compliance enforcement initiative takes place over three days in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This year, International Roadcheck will have two focus areas — electronic logging device (ELD) tampering, falsification or manipulation, and cargo securement.
During the driver portion of the inspection, inspectors check the driver’s qualifications, license, record of duty status, medical examiner’s certificate, seat belt usage, skill performance evaluation certificate (if applicable), and status in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (in the U.S.). Inspectors also look for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment.
For the vehicle portion of the inspection, inspectors assess the vehicle’s brake systems, cargo securement, coupling devices, driveline/driveshaft components, driver’s seat, fuel and exhaust systems, frames, lighting devices, steering mechanisms, suspensions, tires, wheels, rims, hubs, and windshield wipers.
Last year, enforcement personnel in North America conducted 56,178 commercial motor vehicle, driver and cargo inspections. Most of the vehicles (81.6%) and drivers (94.1%) inspected did not have any out-of-service (OOS) violations.
Conversely, inspectors discovered 13,553 vehicle, 3,317 driver and 177 hazardous materials/dangerous goods out-of-service violations, and placed 10,148 commercial motor vehicles and 3,342 drivers out of service. The vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.1% and the driver out-of-service rate was 5.9%.
Last year, falsification of record of duty status was the second most-cited driver violation, with 58,382 infractions. Five of the top 10 driver violations were related to hours of service or ELDs.
In 2025, 18,108 violations were issued because cargo was not secured to prevent leaking, spilling, blowing or falling, and 16,054 violations were issued for vehicle components or dunnage not being secured.
During the 72 hours of International Roadcheck, data will be collected, and the results will be released later this year.
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