North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria Handbook and Pictorial Edition

Overview

• Identifies Critical Vehicle Inspection Items following a roadside inspection
• Details criteria that can prohibit a motor carrier or operator from driving or operating a commercial motor vehicle for a specified period of time or until the condition is corrected
• Includes a full set of CVSA Inspection Schematics:
  • North American Standard Level I Inspection Procedure
  • North American Standard Level I Passenger Vehicle Inspection Procedure
  • North American Standard Hazardous Materials/Transportation of Dangerous Goods Inspection Procedure
  • North American Standard Cargo Tank and Other Bulk Packaging's Inspection Procedure
  • Mexican CDL: Licencia Federal de Conductor
  • ABS Inspection Procedure: Canadian Field Reference
  • ABS Inspection Procedure: U.S. Field Reference
  • North American Standard Inspection Procedure for Performance-Based Brake Testing
• Spiral bound, laminated, 230 pages
• 2021 edition is effective April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022

2021 Updates

Changes contained in the April 1, 2021 edition of CVSA's North American Standard Out of Service Criteria Handbook:

1. Clarified that an AOBRD cannot be used in place of a compliant ELD when an ELD is required.
2. Updated terminology around Driver's Record of Duty Status based on the pending implementation of the ELD requirement in Canada.
3. Clarification related to center high-mounted stop lamps and vehicle inspections.
4. Updated inspection bulletins revised since April 1, 2020 edition.
5. Updated the appendix with revisions made to operational policies and inspection procedures since the April 1, 2020 edition.