Originally published at: Roadcheck Day 2 Nearly Tripled Day 1 Volume. The Violation Data Shows Where Trucks Are Failing. - FreightWaves
The Day 2 Numbers Through two days of the 2026 International Roadcheck, FMCSA inspection records show 6,406 total inspections conducted, 11,010 violations logged, 2,055 out-of-service orders issued, and 5,217 distinct carriers inspected. Data via SearchCarriers, which aggregates live FMCSA inspection records and refreshes daily during the event at no cost. Isolating Day 2 from the…
Even though safety is important I got a clue when they started building weigh stations across the country and counties across the nation rapidly during the pandemic and even after the pandemic
they were still building them even though there are some vehicles with safety issues that need to be addressed of course this is more about getting money for the state the counties and the districts in which the scale houses are in
everyone may claim it’s for safety but in reality it is to extract as much money and to get the older vehicles off the road so that you are forced to buy newer ones which cost more to maintain and even repair
the fact that it is obvious to a lot of drivers and other people that during 3 Day events such as the what I call three day cash grab it’s more about finding as many problems as they can
so that they can use their own groups to get the repairs done and to extract cash from the drivers
that’s why they’re targeted a lot by officers and by other organizations during certain times of the year because of the way the laws are structured commercial vehicles pay more for their violations and repair costs
these are just observations but they seem to be proven more true than they are disproven
so we need to consider what the real reasons why they have all these brake check and violation months is it for the safety or is it too extract as much money as they can during these events
through observation I’ve come to believe that even though safety is an issue is primarily to get as much money as they can from the trucking industry
this is my opinion as it is but we may need to look closer into why such things are becoming rapidly more common and more often than they used to be
Simi trucks these days are more safe easier to track and maintenance is a requirement on a regular basis
that it was back in eras in the past maybe we should consider looking into this as if the commercial industry which provides everything that everyone has in this country as a opportunity for financial stability for the city’s counties and states in which these scale houses are in
which is pretty much anywhere and everywhere you go across America
thank you for your time and reading my opinion God bless us all in the USA
Airlines fly planes everyday with generators out, hydraulic pumps out, radar system problems, engine oil leaks… if they didn’t there would be a lot of planes that weren’t making money for the Airlines. They are not concerned about semi truck safety, it’s easy mony grabs. And the fine money will get passed onto the consumers, or else the trucking company ends up out of business. Anyone thinking these inspections are actually making the roads safe are mislead (no I am not a driver, but I don’t want to see a shortage in drivers, everything is already to expensive).