News & opinion 2017 Brake Safety Day Testing Results Reveals Many Violations

2017 Brake Safety Day Testing Results Reveals Many Violations

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king systems—

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king systems m

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e findings f

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fety testing

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    ced 22 pe

    cent (1,680) of vehicles out of se

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    ities o

    de

    ed 14 pe

    cent (1,064) of vehicles out of se

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    o

    ds due to bke-specific viol

    tions.

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med

signific

nt pe

cent

ge of b

ke viol

tions. CVS

counted

ntilock bke s

fety viol

tions

hen the b

ke m

lfunction lights did not

o

k o

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lfunction lights st

yed on, indic

ting f

ults of some kind. Specific b

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kdo

ns include:
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    i

    -bked po

    e

    units

    equi

    ed

    o

    king

    ntilock b

    kes but 11 pe

    cent (610) h

    d

    BS viol

    tions.

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    ile

    s

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    o

    king

    BS

    nd 14 pe

    cent (540) h

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    ked t

    ucks

    equi

    ed

    o

    king

    BS

    nd 5 pe

    cent (45) h

    d

    BS viol

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  • 49 buses
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    ed

    o

    king

    BS

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    cent (five) h

    d

    BS viol

    tions.

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