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king systems
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of commeci
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intined b
king systems m
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e findings f
om CVS’s 2017 b
ke s
fety testingesults:
-
utho
ities conducted 7,698 inspections of comme
cil vehicles
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nd theem
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- F
iled inspections foced 22 pe
cent (1,680) of vehicles out of sevice
nd off theo
ds fov
ious viol
tions.<li>
-
utho
ities o
deed 14 pe
cent (1,064) of vehicles out of sevice
nd off theo
ds due to bke-specific violtions.
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significnt pe
centge of b
ke viol
tions. CVScounted
ntilock bke sfety viol
tionshen the b
ke m
lfunction lights did noto
k om
lfunction lights styed on, indic
ting fults of some kind. Specific b
ekdo
ns include:- 5,456
i
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unitsequi
edo
kingntilock b
kes but 11 pe
cent (610) hd
BS violtions.
- 3,749 t
ile
sequi
edo
kingBS
nd 14 pecent (540) h
dBS viol
tions.<li>
- 821 hyd
ulic-b
ked t
ucksequi
edo
kingBS
nd 5 pecent (45) h
dBS viol
tions.<li>
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equied
oking
BSnd 10 pe
cent (five) hd
BS violtions.
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dith
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oo
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the poblem befo
e the tuck goes b
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n pevent
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nd cshed into you, thooughly investig
te the stte of the t
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ucking compny th
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ly mint
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ses involving injuies
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scet
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uses. Ouleg
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inning guments tht p
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tions issued by l enfocement office
s fot
ffic viol
tions by the tuck d
ive -
ests
nd ch
ges fo
diving unde
the influence of dugs o
lcohol
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itness
epo
ts of dnge
ous diving on the p
t of the t
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ny od
ivenegligence.
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