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Operation safe driver week is sponsored by cvsa, in partnership with fmcsa and with support from industry and transportation safety organizations. The commercial vehicle safety alliances cvsa annual operation safe driver week will run from july 15 to 21 in an effort to reduce the number of accidents, deaths and injuries caused by vehicle crashes on the road. Operation safe driver is a cvsa program aimed at reducing deaths and injuries involving large trucks, buses and cars due to unsafe driver behaviors. These citations and warnings were given for unsafe driving behavior on the road. The commercial vehicle safety alliances cvsa operation safe driver week is fast approaching, scheduled to take place july 1521, 2018. During operation safe driver week, law enforcement officers throughout the united states and canada aimed to reduce the number of crashes on our roadways through an effective mix of education and. Law enforcement made 42,144 contacts with cmv drivers, where 10,709 citations were issued.
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This years operation safe driver week will take place oct. Law enforcement will identify and issue warnings andor citations to any driver commercial or noncommercial exhibiting unsafe driving behaviors. Operation safe driver week coming go by truck global news. Sep 19, 2018 public awareness and educational campaigns are also a major aspect of this initiative. For more than two decades, speeding has been involved in nearly onethird of all motor vehicle fatalities, said cvsa president chief jay thompson with the arkansas highway police.
Cvsa s operation safe driver week to focus on speeding. May 14, 2019 every year, the commercial vehicle safety alliance holds an event called operation safe driver week as a way to deter both motor vehicle and cmv drivers from engaging in unsafe behaviors. Commercial vehicle safety alliances operation safe driver week will be held oct. During this week, law enforcement authorities will be in charge of identifying, pulling over, and fining commercial and passenger vehicle drivers who are driving recklessly. Another week of regulatory checkups, and likely an even tighter spot trucking market is upon us. The program is designed to combat unsafe driving behaviors by both commercial motor vehicle and passenger vehicle drivers. Cvsa postpones international roadcheck amid covid19 concerns. Cvsa sets dates for safe driver enforcement blitz fleet owner. This program is sponsored by the cvsa, in partnership with fmcsa, and with support from industry and transportation safety organizations. Operation safe driver week underway in us three60 by edriving. May 08, 2019 cvsas operation safe driver week to focus on speeding.
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