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CONTROLS * USA - Trucks Inspected by THP and Industry Officials
Truck Personnel Learn What THP Is Looking For
Greensville,TEN,USA -The Greeneville Sun, by BILL JONES -17 Aug 2009: -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol and representatives of Tennessee Trucking Association (TTA) member companies jointly inspected trucks Friday at the Greene County Scales Complex on Interstate 81 in western Greene County... Lt. James McKenzie, commander of the scales complex, said the TTA brought safety and maintenance employees from member companies to the Scales Complex, or weigh station, to learn how the THP conducts truck inspections... During the event, 1,696 trucks passed through the scales complex, according to Lt. McKenzie... Twenty-four inspections were conducted, with 13 commercial vehicles being placed out of service for safety violations, and one commercial driver placed out of service... Twelve citations were issued for violation of commercial carrier laws, and four assessments were issued. Penalties for violations totaled $7,012.20, according to McKenzie... (SUN Photo by Bill Jones - THP Lt. James McKenzie, right, and Edmund Sorrell, the Tennessee Trucking Association's director of safety, stand near the THP's "no zone" tractor-trailer at the Greene County Scales Complex on Interstate 81 in western Greene County)Labels: trucks inspections
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