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The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) conducts several “blitz week” checks every summer in order to keep the roadways safe and efficient. These include International Roadcheck in mid May, Operation Safe Driver Week in the beginning of July, and Brake Safety Week at the end of August. During this time, safety violations take truck drivers off the road. Many drivers frequently opt to forgo a week’s worth of work rather than face potential fines that result from a failed brake inspection. This can have a drastic effect on capacity. One of Zipline’s mid-sized East Coast and Midwest-based carrier partners reported somewhere […]