Life on the Road – Trucking News Blog

What is it any truck driver hates worse than the high fuel prices (that is unless they are a company driver!): oh yeah, I would have to say it is a DOT Inspection! So heads up everyone because apparently on June 3rd there is going to be a road check going on again!

Thousands of law enforcement officers will be blanketing North America’s roadways for 72 continuous hours beginning June 3 to hammer home the importance of comprehensive safety inspections of trucks and buses and on enforcing safety belt use.

“Roadcheck,” sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, dispatches federal, state, provincial and local inspectors to more than 1,000 locations across the continent to conduct comprehensive North American Standard Level I Inspections.

This leads me to wonder how many drivers really know what their safety rating is if they own their own company or if they are a company driver. I think it’s a good idea to check into something, such as a safety rating, before you go to work for someone. For one thing, it gives you a pretty good idea of how good (or bad) the equipment is by the amount of DOT OOS inspections there are both on drivers and equipment. You can check this information out at: http://www.safersys.org.

At any rate with June 3rd just around the corner make sure your log books are in order, your lights are working, that you are wearing your seat belt, and wearing a big smile because the chicken coops will be open awaiting your visit on June 3rd!