Fifteen. As in 1 – 5. That’s how many truck drivers — out of 4055 polled — aced a continent-wide survey designed to find out how much they knew about brake adjustment. The survey, obtained by Today’s ...

Today is the beginning of Brake Safety Week in North America. CVSA inspectors will be doing a lot of brake stroke inspections this week, and also working with drivers, mechanics and others to improve ...

A Federal Highway Administration plan to require automatic brake adjusters on new commercial vehicles may not force truck owners to retrofit their fleets, an agency spokesman said. The proposed ...

Kansas Highway Patrol trooper and Public Information Officer Nick Wright wrote in after hearing my podcast discussion with Andy Blair, a compliance safety consultant and former inspector himself, that ...

The National Transportation Safety Board recommendations to brake equipment suppliers have long emphasized caution about manual adjustments for pushrod stroke when automatic slack adjusters [ASAs] are ...

Of course an e-brake is not just for use in emergencies, but useful when parking, especially on a hill, or to stop a car from moving when it's started in gear because there's no neutral safety switch ...

TORONTO, (June 1, 2005) — A shockingly low number of truck drivers in North America have a clear understanding of air brakes and brake adjustment, states a continent-wide knowledge survey obtained by ...

Some units of the 2024 and 2025 Chevy Traverse crossover require adjustments to the front brake pipe if it is contacting the body frame rail, according to a new service update issued by General Motors ...