International Road Check Blitz

Is your fleet prepared?

What is the International Roadcheck Blitz?

The International Roadcheck Blitz is a regulatory compliance enforcement initiative for commercial motor vehicles and their drivers that takes place annually over three days. During this period, enforcement officials conduct a high volume of inspections on commercial motor vehicles and commercial motor vehicle drivers.

Inspections take place at weigh/inspection stations, temporary sites and via mobile patrols in Canada, the USA and Mexico. This year’s Blitz will run from May 12th to May 14th.

Focus for 2026: (ELD) tampering, falsification or manipulation

During an inspection, the inspector will review the driver’s record of duty status as usual and check for false or manipulated entries, with a focus on ELD tampering.

During the Blitz last year, the vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.1% and the driver out-of-service rate was 5.9% across North America.

10% of these out of service violations were related to false logs/RODS.

How to prevent costly delays

Know the location of your required documents

Drivers:

Ensure you know how to locate required documentation on your electronic logging device (ELD)
Ensure you know how to quickly display and/or distribute the required documentation on your ELD to an inspector.

Fleet Managers:

Ensure your drivers are well trained in the operation of their electronic logging devices

Examples of required documents:

➔ Records of Duty Status (RODS)

➔ Vehicle Inspection Report

➔ Commercial Drivers License

➔ Documents proving exemptions (if applicable)

➔ Medical Examiners Certificates

➔ BOLs and shipping Documents

Regularly review your documentation

Drivers:

Regularly review (and accept or reject) unidentified driving time assigned to you
Review and identify Hours of Service(HOS) log inaccuracies. Where inaccuracies cannot be edited, add clear meaningful comments
Review log edits suggested by others and accept or reject edits as required
Review and sign your HOS log at the end of every shift

Fleet Managers:

Regularly review unidentified driving time
Assign unidentified driving time to drivers whenever the owner of the time can be clearly discerned
Review driver logs for inaccuracies – suggest edits and clarifying comments as required.
Review pre and post trip inspections for recorded defects that need to be address