An estimated 70,000 safety inspections were conducted during a 72-hour blitz known as Operation Roadcheck last week in the U.S., Canada and parts of Mexico. Sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), the effort helps unite law enforcement and regulatory agencies and sharpen their ability to hone in on violations. But it also benefits the trucking industry as well, some say. By encouraging safer behaviors among drivers, road checks like these may help reduce crashes and fatalities over the blitz weekend, but also have an impact in the future.

Operation Roadcheck Intends to Boost Safety from Several Angles

LANDOVER, MD – Amid an omnipresent rumble of diesel engines, inspectors from the Maryland State Police, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and other law enforcement groups stationed here at one of the massive parking lots surrounding the FedEx Field pro football stadium fanned out to begin checking hundreds of commercial trucks and drivers for safety violations.

The effort at FedEx Field is being repeated across the U.S. and Canada as well as in parts of Mexico as the annual 72-hour roadside safety blitz dubbed “Operation Roadcheck” gets under way. The program targets unsafe commercial trucks and buses as well as their drivers.

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