Truck enforcement sweeps hit 32 drivers, 45 vehicles across US
Joint truck inspection operations recently generated hundreds of violations and sidelined commercial vehicles from New England to the Mountain West. The post Truck enforcement sweeps hit 32 drivers, 45 vehicles across US appeared first on FreightWaves.
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Recent commercial vehicle enforcement operations across eight states placed at least 32 truck drivers and 45 commercial vehicles out of service, underscoring continued nationwide scrutiny of licensing, maintenance and cargo safety.
Operations in Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Missouri, Rhode Island, Texas and Wyoming resulted in citations, arrests and more than $16,000 in fines. Joint Massachusetts, Rhode Island operation finds 212 violations Massachusetts and Rhode Island state police conducted one of the largest recent operations on Thursday along Route 146 near the state line.
More than 27 federally certified inspectors worked a 12-hour operation using portable axle scales, a performance-based brake tester and hazardous materials inspections. window. googletag = window. googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag. cmd. push(function() {googletag.
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push(function() {googletag. display('div-gpt-ad-1709668545404-0'); }); Authorities completed 126 inspections and identified 212 federal and state violations. Thirty commercial vehicles and 20 drivers were placed out of service. Inspectors screened or weighed 949 commercial vehicles and issued $16,079 in fines for three weight violations.
Authorities said vehicles were removed from service for serious brake and mechanical defects, while drivers were sidelined for medical certification, CDL and electronic logging device violations. Inspectors also identified hazardous materials issues and assisted in a criminal investigation involving a suspicious vehicle.
Related: More trucks, drivers put out of service as commercial vehicle crackdown expands Arizona details uncover overweight trucks and unlicensed driver Arizona law agencies checked commercial vehicles July 27 along U. S. Route 60 in Pinal County, resulting in 35 inspections and 64 violations.
Nine vehicles and three drivers were placed out of service, while six citations were issued. Twenty-six of the 113 vehicles checked were overweight. In a separate July 25 case in Graham County, a steer tire blowout caused a semi to leave U. S. Route 70.
No injuries were reported, but a post-crash inspection found the driver had no valid CDL or medical certificate. The truck also lacked valid registration, and the company did not have authority to operate. window. googletag = window. googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag. cmd. push(function() {googletag.
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The driver was placed out of service for lacking a medical evaluation and for a missing trailer cotter pin. Inspectors also found that the trailer’s emergency breakaway cable was attached incorrectly.
The most recent roundups signal that carriers and drivers face growing exposure to roadside delays, fines and out-of-service orders if licensing, maintenance and cargo securement requirements are ignored.
(Photo: Douglas County Sheriff’s Office- Colorado) Colorado checkpoint sidelines drivers and trucks The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Colorado State Patrol conducted a commercial vehicle checkpoint Thursday on Chambers Road near Mainstreet. Officers stopped 63 trucks, performed 32 full inspections and documented 50 violations.
Seven drivers and five vehicles were placed out of service, while eight tickets were issued. window. googletag = window. googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag. cmd. push(function() {googletag. defineSlot('/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot4', [[300, 100], [320, 50], [728, 90], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1709668086344-0'). defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.
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