As reported Wednesday, the Oregon State Patrol carried out Operation Trucker Check X (apparently they want to be like the Superb Owl...) this week around Ashland.
The operation, according to a Friday press release from OSP, seems to have been pretty tame considering this highlight:
"An OSP sergeant contacted a commercial driver during the inspection and commented that this individual was the most fatigued driver he has come across during an inspection. The driver was subsequently placed out of service."
Wowzers, that's pretty thrilling.
That driver wasn't the only problem, though: Of the 394 trucks stopped, 98 drivers were "placed out of service for varying time periods." Not sure what that means, but that's about a quarter of drivers, and you have to know that the checkpoint stopped being a surprise after, oh, about the third truck rolled through.
Wowzers, that's pretty stupid.
Besides the usual logbook violations and whatnot, three drivers were charged with drug possession and a set of brass knuckles was seized.
Guess those weren't just for entertainment...
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