Video: Roadcheck 2009 truck inspections

From Senior Editor Sean Kilcarr: "Roadcheck" is a 72-hour roadside inspection safety "blitz" sponsored by the CVSA and others every year. In 2008, 9,143 inspectors at 1,683 locations performed nearly 68,000 truck and bus inspections in North America. This year, we decided to tag along and see what the inspectors look for in the big rigs they pull over for review.

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Truck inspections: Rolling with Roadcheck

MANASSAS, VA. Alongside Interstate 95, the dawn sunlight is barely filtering through the thin trees, but troopers from the Virginia State Police motor carrier division are already hard at work inspecting trucks and buses as part of the annual "Roadcheck" safety blitz conducted at more than 1,000 locations across North America...

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