The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is conducting their Safe Driver Week in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies across North America. They will focus on commercial motor vehicle drivers and car drivers.
During the 2015 Operation Safe Driver Week, more than 21,000 vehicles, including trucks and cars, were pulled over. More than 19,000 roadside inspections were conducted on commercial vehicles. The five warnings and citations given during the event were:
Specifically, the focus for this year will be on speeding, failure to use a seat belt, distracted driving, failure to obey traffic control devices, following too closely, improper lane change and more.
CVSA says the Operation Safe Driver program was created to help reduce the number of crashes, injuries and deaths involving trucks, buses and cars due to unsafe driving behaviors.