Your car's brake rotors need to be replaced every so often. We'll tell you what the rotors do, why they need replacing, and ...

Traded emails with Daniel Jusdon, inventor and manager of Brake Sentry LLC, the other day about the growing importance of brake system inspections – especially when placed in the context of ever-more ...

The key to increasing the service life of a truck’s spring brake chamber system is to know what to look for, and how to spot safety problems easily during a daily pre-trip inspection. Often overlooked ...

Drivers depend heavily on their brakes but may not always be aware of shortcomings or defects if they never “exercise” their brakes. Regular inspections are critical, but they have to be more than ...

Brakes comprised the largest percentage, about 52.5%, of out-of-service violations (OOSV) cited in roadside inspections conducted during Roadcheck 2008. CVSA statistics reveal “60% of out-of-service ...

Inspection results from this year's CVSA unannounced Brake Safety Day show improvements over 2019, but inspectors noted a troubling number of brake hose and tubing violations. The out-of-service rate ...

Certified inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 16,725 inspections on commercial motor vehicles as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) North American Brake Safety ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Unsafe brake-related problems led to nearly 10% of some 4,560 commercial motor vehicles being taken out of service in a single day of ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Thirty-thousand brakes will be inspected on trucks across North America this week, and not all will pass. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) and Federal Motor Carrier ...