b' Marketer InformationRules & RegulationsTRUCK BRAKE EQUIPMENT IS A TOP TARGETfor Roadside InspectorsW coordinated and unannounced nationwide Washington D.C. - Petroleum marketerswith transportation operations take note;roadside inspection blitz on May 15, 2019, the odds that one of your cargo tank vehicleslooking for CMV braking system violations. will be pulled over at a roadside inspectionThe Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance for a brake equipment check just got a lot(CVSA), a national coalition of state and Mark S. Morgan, Esqbetter. Brake-related violations comprise thefederal CMV enforcement authorities, PMAA Regulatorylargest percentage of all out-of-service (OOS)organized the surprise nationwide inspection Counsel violations cited during roadside inspections.blitz. CVSA conducts a number of annual Brake safety has always been an importantnationwide enforcement events including component of the Federal Motor CarrierBrake Safety Day and Brake Safety Week in Safety Regulations. However, the importanceorder to identify and remove CMVs with of brake safety has grown in the face of newdangerous brake issues. Brake Safety Day traffic accident data that points to an increaseand Brake Safety Week are inspection, in the number of brake-related commercialenforcement, education and awareness motor vehicle (CMV) crashes on the nationsinitiatives under the Operation Airbrake highways. The most recent annual CMV Program sponsored by CVSA in partnership brake inspection data available from the with FMCSA. The goal of CVSA is to reduce U.S. Department of Transportations Federalthe number of CMV crashes caused by, or Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA),made more severe by, deficient braking found more than half a million CMV brakesystem performance.violations in 2017 alone. So far, duringThe May 15 thinspection blitz focused on the first six months of 2019, brake-relatedbrake hose and tubing violations. Roadside violations include: inspectors conducted a total of 10, 358Clamp or roto type brake out ofinspections, 16.1% of which were brake- adjustment (86,296 CMVs) related violations. The inspections resulted in OOS orders for 1,667 CMVs.CMV manufactured after Oct. 19, 1994, Included among the brake-related violations has an automatic brake adjustmentreported by inspectors:system that fails to compensate for wear Chafed rubber hose violations(45,594 CMVs)(996 CMVs) Brake hose or tubing chafing and/orChafed thermoplastic hose violations kinking (37,737 CMVs)(185 CMVs) No or defective ABS malfunction1,125 critical vehicle violations of 49 indicator lamp for trailer manufactured after March 1, 1998 (37,343 CMVs) Code of Federal Regulations 393.45that included chafed rubber hoses.Inoperative/defective brakes124 critical vehicle violations of(32,125 CMVs)49 Code of Federal RegulationsConcerned by the rising number of brake- 393.45that included kinked related accidents, state and federal lawthermoplastic hoses.enforcement authorities conducted a 18 www.wpma.com /Autumn 2019'