Load securement, ABS issues top CCJs Road Check webinar
Summary
You may have heard of or even played Frogger, an old video game from the 80s that requires players to take a frog past several obstacles including busy and deadly traffic. Commercial Vehicle Safety Administration Roadside Inspection Specialist Jeremy Disbrow said he lived that game in his former role as an Arizona state trooper when he’d have to chase down unsecured cargo that had fallen across a busy highway. “When I grew up playing Frogger, it was one of my favorite games,” Disbrow said Thursday during CCJ’s webinar PM Practices that Beat Inspection Blitzes. And what the regulation requires is actually that they stop every three hours or every 150 miles during their trip to just double check those things.” Debusk said training drivers on proper cargo securement practices is critical. “The ABS system is something that we take for granted as a safety feature because its been in our cars and trucks for quite a while now, and we dont even realize its doing its thing in the background, but its constantly doing its job to monitor wheel speed sensors, and it drastically shortens our stopping distance,” Disbrow said.