During the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Brake Safety Week inspection blitz focusing on brake systems and components, more than 87% of the commercial vehicles inspected were free of ...

Among the reasons someone might want to avoid passing a semi-truck is to steer clear of that harsh piercing screech it makes when slowing down. That sound is referred to as brake squeal, and although ...

A large majority of trucks inspected during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week in August did not have any out-of-service brake violations that deemed them unsafe to proceed on ...

Semi trucks continue to rely on drum brakes as their primary braking system due to their reliability under heavy loads. This practice is not only seen in commercial vehicle engineering but also in ...

Inspectors in 45 jurisdictions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico conducted 4,569 inspections and placed 398 vehicles (8.7%) out-of-service (OOS) due to brake-related violations as part ...

Stock trucks stop fairly well. But add a lift, bigger tires, and several hundred pounds in bumpers, tools, and a winch, and your stopping distances increase dramatically. The reasons for this ...

With copper-free brake standards taking effect, suppliers are reengineering friction materials, and fleets are weighing what the change means for air disc brake performance on the road.

A large majority of trucks inspected during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week in August did not have any out-of-service brake violations that deemed them unsafe to proceed on ...

General Motors issued a recall that includes nearly 450,000 trucks and SUVs with a potentially faulty brake fluid warning light. The recall includes some 2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, GMC Sierra 1500 ...