Apr 08, 2021
Researchers at the University of Arkansas and Michigan State set out to answer the question in the title of this post. Generally, they found, the answer is yes, particularly with respect to improved equipment compliance, more "durable" than improvements in driver behavior, as it were. That is, owner-operator and fleet investment in equipment in anticipation of Roadcheck and other events proves longer-lasting in the numbers than any changes in driving behaviors that are measurable.
Old hand Mike "Mustang" Crawford and his independent business won't be on the road May 4-6 this year, which just so happens to coincide with the annual Roadcheck event of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. For years he's used the time in a manner that feels in sync with what an announced inspection spree intends to incentivize. "I take my truck in and have the shop go over it," he said, including performing any needed maintenance on the 1994 Freightliner.