The overall number of inspections completed in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Roadcheck 2010 were lower, but officials are taking the almost unchanged levels of compliance rates among drivers and vehicles as a positive sign. Still, this latest round of inspections reveals there are some areas for improvement. Notably, the nearly 20 percent increase in seat belt violations over the previous year’s inspections in 2009.

Results from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Roadcheck 2010 reveal that the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) industry is hovering close to the record low out-of-service (OOS) rates set during 2009.

Additionally, while overall inspection totals are down from the previous year’s records, more inspectors participated at more locations in this year’s event.

This seems to indicate during 2010 that there was a shift to an increasing focus on mobile roadside inspections, says CVSA.

In 2010 roadside inspectors focused on the North American Standard (NAS) Level I inspection, safety belt enforcement, and motorcoach inspections.

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