(LANDOVER, MD) – Commercial vehicles traveling the east side of the Capital Beltway this morning were the target of a coordinated enforcement effort that resulted in scores of trucks being placed out of service for safety defects and a dozen drivers taken off the road for being unqualified to drive commercial vehicles.
Early this morning, members of the Maryland State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division were joined by allied law enforcement and regulatory officers as they launched “Operation Tailgate.” The enforcement initiative focused on commercial vehicles traveling on the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County.
Commercial trucks and buses were directed by State Highway Administration CHART vehicles into a temporary inspection zone set up at Fed Ex Field in Landover. Roving police units patrolled the surrounding area for vehicles attempting to avoid inspection at the fixed site.
Commercial vehicle inspectors examined 420 vehicles. Of those, 87 vehicles were placed out-of-service for major safety defects. In addition, 12 drivers were placed out of service for being unqualified to operate commercial vehicles. One driver was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Police issued 177 traffic citations and 264 warnings for commercial vehicle related violations.
Of the 17 hazardous material haulers inspected, one was placed out-of-service for not having shipping papers for the cargo being transported. Another 11 commercial vehicles were found to be overweight.
Allied law enforcement and regulatory agencies assisting with the operation included the Prince George’s County Police, Maryland Department of the Environment, Greenbelt Police, Bowie Police, Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, and the Montgomery County Police. In addition to the Maryland State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division personnel, State Police units also assisting included the Special Operations Division K-9 and command vehicle, and the Electronic Services Division.
Similar operations will be conducted in the future as state and local police work together to reduce traffic injuries and deaths, while increasing safety on Maryland roads.
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7 comments:
1 in 4? wow!
Government sponsored hi-way robbery.
Getting ready for the G-8 meeting at Camp David next week. People in Gathersburg have been told to prepare for riots. Black Panthers will be there as guests of Obama. They are trying to get a truck load of armadillos from Flordia. They're going to sell them as possum on the half shell.
Why Gaithersburg? That is more than an hour away. With the traffic on 270 it will take them all day to travel back and forth
Mo money Mo money Mo money !!
6:25, ride through every day, nothing of the sort.
Dag, don't they realize that hindering commerce hurts financially more in the long run then the short term gain of fines and fees. It's like the bigger a corporation is the more shortsighted they are. It used to be the other way around but i guess they are so hard up for money today they don't care about tomorrow.
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