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“Operation Road Check” * USA - Collier deputies crack down on unsafe commercial trucks
For truckers, time is money, but for those who ignore an out of service order, the price can be steep
Collier County,FL,USA -The Naples Daily News, by JEFF WEINER -June 2, 2009: -- Lying on a creeper and covered in grease, checking brakes and tires, Cpl. Tom Mullen, looked more like a mechanic than a deputy of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. Mullen and Cpl. Jerry Gibson spent the morning hours Tuesday looking under the hood while kicking off a two-day effort to curb unsafe practices among commercial vehicles... Tuesday marked the official start of “Operation Road Check,” which consists of round-the-clock vehicle inspections, and will continue until Thursday. Mullen and Gibson checked the trucks inside and out, inspecting the brakes, tires and other moving parts and making sure that all loads were properly secured... For a first time offender, getting caught out of compliance after being ordered out of service carries a fine of $2,500 for the driver, and another $2,500 for the owner of the truck... On all subsequent offenses, the fine increases to $5,000 for drivers. For owners, the fine increases to $10,000 on the third or subsequent offense. Drivers who also own their trucks are fined twice... Though most drivers are found to be in compliance, Gibson said there are exceptions. He said he once pulled over a truck that had only two out of ten of its brakes functional, and was also 8,000 pounds over its weight limit... (Photo by David Albers/Naples Daily News - Cpl. Jerry Gibson, of the Collier County Sheriff's Office, checks the braking ability on a tractor-trailer he pulled from Interstate 75 near the 70-mile marker as part of "Operation Road Check" on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, in Collier County. Throughout Florida, law enforcement officers with Department of Transportation certification will be stopping commercial motor vehicles to inspect tires, brakes and safety equipment through Thursday)* Commercial truck drivers put under the microscope
Austin,TX,USA -News 8, by Heidi Zhou -2 June 2009: -- The trucks file in one by one with drivers waiting to see if their rig is picked for a random inspection... Texas Department of Public Safety troopers plan to stop thousands of 18 wheelers in 72 hours as part of Roadcheck 2009, a nationwide effort to promote safety... DPS reports it inspected almost 5,000 trucks in Texas last year. Of those, almost one in four had violations so severe they had to be taken off the road... Truck operators have a limited time to fix the violations, and then usually face no further consequences. They say the safety checks are a welcomed part of the job, even when they're the one under the microscope... (Photo by David Albers/Daily News - Cpl. Tom Mullen pulls over a tractor-trailer to inspect it near the 70-mile marker of Interstate 75 during "Operation Road Check" on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, in Collier County. Florida law enforcement officers with Florida Department of Transportation certification will be stopping commercial motor vehicles to inspect tires, brakes and safety equipment through Thursday)* Roadcheck 2009 aims to promote truck safety
Preble,N.Y.,USA -News 10 Now, by Tamara Lindstrom -2 June 2009: -- Law enforcement is working around the clock to inspect commercial trucks across the continent. The Roadcheck 2009 campaign is aimed to promote safety by catching violations, and officers are taking the task seriously... About 70,000 trucks were inspected last year, and police say they're on target to reach that goal this year... They're looking for everything from unsafe loads to worn out breaks and even worn out drivers... (Photo by David Albers/Daily News - Cpl. Jerry Gibson, of the Collier County Sheriff's Office, gives instruction to truck driver Omar Rosquete, of Hialeah, Fla., as he inspects Rosquete's tractor-trailer near the 70-mile marker of Interstate 75 during "Operation Road Check" on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, in Collier County. Florida law enforcement officers with Florida Department of Transportation certification will be stopping commercial motor vehicles to inspect tires, brakes and safety equipment through Thursday)* Big Crackdown on Unsafe Big Rigs
WIS,USA -WEAU 13 News, by Mary Rinzel -Jun 2, 2009: -- State and federal inspectors are in the middle of 72 straight hours of an intense crackdown on unsafe big rigs... According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, there were almost 7,500 large truck crashes last year, more than 2,400 people were hurt and 60 were killed. But the State Patrol says 37 percent fewer people died in those large truck crashes last year than 2007 and officers are hoping to continue that downward trend... Inspectors say completely checking a semi can take anywhere from a half hour to a couple of hours depending on how many violations they find. In our region, they're hoping to get to 150 trucks in three days... (Photo by David Albers/Naples Daily News - Cpl. Jerry Gibson, of the Collier County Sheriff's Office, checks the braking ability on a tractor-trailer he pulled from Interstate 75 near the 70-mile marker as part of "Operation Road Check" on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, in Collier County. Florida law enforcement officers with Florida Department of Transportation certification will be stopping commercial motor vehicles to inspect tires, brakes and safety equipment through Thursday)Labels: trucks' controls
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