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Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance |
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Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is an association of state, provincial, and federal officials responsible for the administration and enforcement of motor carrier safety laws in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its membership includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all of the 13 Canadian provinces and territories, the Country of Mexico, the United States territories of Guam, Samoa, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and the United States possession of the Northern Marianas. CVSA member jurisdictions are represented by various Departments of Transportation, Public Utility and Service Commissions, State Police, Highway Patrols and Ministries of Transport.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has a three member team utilizing specialized training to enforce federal and state safety and economic regulations on commercial vehicles above 10,001 pounds.
Team members conduct random CVSA truck inspections individually or as a team at a predetermined location. All inspections are conducted as a roadside inspection.
Team members are currently certified to conduct four different levels of truck inspections.
NORTH AMERICAN STANDARD INSPECTION LEVELS
LEVEL I
North American Standard Inspection - An inspection that includes examination of driver's license; medical examiner's certificate and Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) Certificate (if applicable); alcohol and drugs; brake systems; coupling devices; exhaust systems, frame; fuel systems; lighting devices (turn signals, brake lamps, tail lamps, head lamps and lamps/flags on projecting loads); safe loading; steering mechanism; suspension; tires; van and open-top trailer bodies; wheels and rims; windshield wipers; emergency exits for buses; HM requirements as applicable. Hazardous Material (HM) required inspection items will be inspected by certified HM inspectors.
LEVEL II
Walk-Around Driver/Vehicle Inspection - An examination that includes each of the items specified under the North American Standard Inspection. As a minimum, Level II inspections must include examination of: driver's license; medical examiner's ceritificate and Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) Certificate (if applicable); alcohol and drugs; driver's record of duty status as required; hours of service; seat belt; vehicle inspection report (if applicable); brake systems; coupling devices; exhaust systems; frame; fuel systems; lighting devices (turn signals, brake lamps, tail lamps, head lamps and lamps/flags on projecting loads); safe loading; steering mechanism; suspension; tires; van and open-top trailer bodies; wheels and rims; windshield wipers; emergency exits on buses, and HM requirements as applicable. HM required inspection items will be inspected by certified HM inspectors. It is contemplated that the walk-around driver/vehicle inspection will include only those items, which can be inspected without physically getting under the vehicle.
LEVEL III
Driver/Credential Inspection - An examination that includes those items specified under the North American Standard Level III Driver/Credential Inspection Procedure. As a minimum, Level III inspections must include, where required and/or applicable, examination of the driver's license; medical examiner's cretificate and Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) Certificate; driver's record of duty status; house of service; seat belt; vehicle inspection report; and HM requirements. those items not indicated in the North American Standard Level III Driver/Credential Inspection Procedure shall not be included on a Level III inspection.
Each team member has received an initial eighty hours of training in the inspection of commercial vehicles, required licenses, and paperwork. Team members must complete thirty-two certification inspections after their initial classroom training with a certified CVSA inspector. Team members certified in hazardous materials receive an additional initial forty hours of training. Each team member receives twelve hours a year of in-service training and testing to retain their certifications. Hazardous material inspectors receive an additional twelve hours of training and testing per year.
The Kansas Highway Patrol is the State of Kansas host agency for CVSA. They are the certifying agency for CVSA inspectors in the State of Kansas. Training is provided to team members by the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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