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State Police Remove 163 Hazardous Material Trucks From Road For Safety Violations
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The Pennsylvania State Police placed 163 trucks and 39 drivers out of service during a recent one-day enforcement effort that focused on inspecting commercial vehicles that transport hazardous materials.
"Every day in the United States, trucks transport more than 800,000 shipments of hazardous materials. As many of these shipments pass through Pennsylvania, it's our goal to make sure they are transported safely," State Police Commissioner Frank E. Noonan said Wednesday.
The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safe Transportation of Placarded Substances detail, or S.T.O.P.S, was conducted August 31 by members of the motor carrier enforcement team.
A total of 1,356 commercial vehicles were inspected during the effort, and 53 percent of the trucks inspected had at least one safety violation, Noonan reported. Officers handed out 823 traffic citations and 1,268 written warnings for vehicle and driver violations.
A regional breakdown of violations is available online.
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9/12/2011 |
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