Upcoming Nationwide Roadside Inspection and Enforcement Blitz

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) selected August 24-30, 2025 as the dates for this year’s Brake Safety Week. Brake Safety Week is an annual commercial motor vehicle roadside inspection and enforcement blitz conducted by law enforcement across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. In addition to the scheduled Brake Safety Week, there will be an unannounced one-day brake safety enforcement initiative that could take place any time in 2025.

For this year’s Brake Safety Week, inspectors will focus on brake systems and components, with particular emphasis on drums and rotors. This event is important to energy marketers because brake-related violations comprise the largest percentage of all out-of-service (OOS) vehicle violations cited during roadside inspections. During last year’s Brake Safety Week, brake-related violations accounted for 12.8% of all vehicle OOS violations. Out of that 12.8% of violations, 63.1% were stand-alone brake violations, 10.1% were steering axle brake violations, and 56.6% were due to defective brakes criterion.

Inspectors will primarily conduct North American Standard Level IV inspections on large trucks and buses to identify brake-system violations. Level IV inspections typically include a one-time examination of a particular item. Some states will implement performance-based brake testers (PBBT) during inspections. Drivers and/or vehicles failing inspection will immediately be removed from service until violations are cured.

Energy marketers should make certain that cargo tank vehicle equipment is operating as required and that drivers are informed of the inspection and enforcement blitz so that they will have their required credentials and documents available and in order.

Click here for the full report which includes what inspectors may check for within the brakes, drivers, and equipment.