What the 2026 results show

CVSA reported 8,083 driver contacts during Operation Safe Driver Week, held July 12–18. Across commercial and passenger vehicles, participating agencies issued 3,968 warnings and 2,604 tickets or citations.

Commercial motor vehicle drivers received 3,409 warnings and 1,956 tickets or citations. Passenger vehicle drivers received 559 warnings and 648 tickets or citations. The results came from agencies in 36 U.S. states, seven Canadian provinces and Mexico.

Speeding led the cited behaviors

Speeding was the most frequently cited behavior. Commercial drivers received 772 speeding warnings and 342 speeding citations; passenger drivers received 231 warnings and 349 citations.

Commercial drivers also received 652 warnings and 319 citations for failing to obey a traffic-control device, 267 warnings and 270 citations for seat-belt noncompliance, and 106 warnings and 136 citations for texting or handheld-device use.

What it means for drivers

These are campaign totals, not a new regulation, a new CDL test standard or evidence that every contacted driver committed an offense. CVSA said more than 2,880 contacts ended without a warning or citation and were used for direct safety outreach.

The practical takeaway is familiar but specific: manage speed for conditions, obey traffic-control devices, wear the seat belt and keep handheld devices out of use while driving. Those behaviors dominated the commercial-driver results and can also carry consequences outside a campaign week.

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