84 OOS Brake System Violations
Andy Blair
Police/DOT Officer 1986-2012 CDL / Traveling ELDT Provider. Third Party CDL Driver Examiner.
CVSA Brake Safety week is coming Sept 16-22 2018. Nationwide, Officers will be conducting full Level 1 DOT inspections on Commercial Vehicles focusing on brake system violations. While the general violations are found in the green " DOT " book , the violations that can shut you down are in the North American Standard Out of Service Criteria book. This book ( comes out every April at CVSA.org) is what officers in all 50 state sand Canada will use in determining if a violation is an OOS.
At 12 1/2 pages, it is the longest section on any one area. Whether air , hydraulic, electric or disc , its all here. There are a grand total of 84 out of service violations listed. Everything from adjustment, leaks, linings, drums, missing/worn parts, air lines, compressor , low air warning and air gauges. Some violations only require one instance to be an OOS ( non-manufactured hole in a spring brake chamber). Others require a percentage of defective brakes ( 20%) while others like lining cracks must meet a minimum length or width. Steering axle violations are tougher than non-steering.
As a former roadside DOT Officer, I have been dealing with this since the 1990's. I inspected MANY trucks and found/wrote up and placed many trucks out of service for brake system violations. I now am retired from that and help companies avoid such issues through both education of drivers and mechanics as well as writing up a Data Q challenge when the officers claim does not meet the Federal Standard. To date, I have filed 18 challenges and won 13.
Besides being a DOT Officer for may years, I was also a Cargo Tank/ Haz-Mat inspector, Weighmaster. I now have my Class A CDL and am a 3rd party CDL Driver Examiner for the DMV. I conduct Commercial Vehicle Safety Training for all kinds of companies using my background as an officer and now being involved in private industry. I am based in the Central Pennsylvania area but have been to various states over the past 7 years with a 1 1/2 day seminar coming up Sept 5/6 in Fresno California. www.acofas.com
If I can help you company in the confusing and exception riddled area of DOT transportation regulations, contact me. I have stayed right in the middle of the regulations and rules which for DOT purposes, are virtually the same in all 50 states and Canada.
If you just have a question about a violation, don't understand what the officer wrote or want an opinion on whether or not a data Q challenge should be filed, contact me. I won't sugarcoat it and I won't take either side until I know the facts.
[email protected] 717-324-2555 with texting.
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