CVSA Brake Security Week Aug. 20-26: Be Prepared – Security & Compliance

The Industrial Car Security Alliance Brake Security Week will deal with brake lining/pad violations and is ready for Aug. 20-26. There are a number of steps that fleets and drivers can take now to be ready.

Throughout Brake Security Week, business motorized vehicle inspectors spotlight the significance of brake techniques by conducting inspections of their elements and eradicating vehicles with brake-related out-of-service violations from roadways till these violations are corrected.

All through Brake Security Week, CVSA-certified inspectors will conduct their normal inspections. As well as, they are going to be reporting brake-related inspection and violation knowledge to CVSA. That knowledge can be compiled and revealed in a press launch this fall.

Brake System Inspections

“The main focus of this yr’s Brake Security Week is on the situation of the brake lining and pad,” stated CVSA President Maj. Chris Nordloh, of the Texas Division of Public Security. “Brake lining and pad points might lead to car violations and will have an effect on a motor service’s security score.”

 When inspectors conduct the brake portion of a Stage I or Stage V Inspection, they are going to:

• Examine for lacking, non-functioning, unfastened, or cracked elements.
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  Examine for contaminated, worn, cracked, and lacking linings or pads.
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  Examine for S-cam flipover.
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  Pay attention for audible air leaks round brake elements and contours.
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  Examine that slack adjusters are the identical size (from heart of S-cam to heart of clevis pin) and the air chambers on every axle are the identical dimension.
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  Make sure the brake system maintains air strain between 90-100 psi (620-690 kPa) and measure pushrod journey.
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  Examine for non-manufactured holes (e.g., rust holes, holes created by rubbing or friction, and so forth.) and damaged springs within the spring brake housing part of the parking brake.
• Examine required brake system warning gadgets, comparable to anti-lock braking system (ABS) malfunction lamp(s) and low air-pressure warning gadgets.
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  Examine the tractor safety system, together with the bleedback system on the trailer.
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  Make sure the breakaway system is operable on the trailer.

Brake Security Week Preparation

Brake security consciousness, training, and outreach are main components of the Brake Security Week marketing campaign. CVSA has outlined the brake-system inspection process above so drivers and motor carriers know precisely what inspectors can be checking throughout roadside inspections. This transparency goals to remind drivers and motor carriers to take proactive steps to make sure their business motor automobiles are secure and compliant with Federal Motor Service Security Laws. Improperly put in or poorly maintained brake techniques can scale back the braking capability and stopping distance of vehicles or buses, which poses a critical security threat.

Operation Airbrake

Brake Security Week is a part of CVSA’s Operation Airbrake Program. The aim is to scale back the variety of freeway crashes attributable to defective braking techniques on business motor automobiles by conducting roadside inspections and educating drivers, mechanics, owner-operators, and others on the significance of correct brake inspection, upkeep, and operation.