Local OPP lend a hand in commercial vehicle blitz

OPP staff conducting a commercial vehicle inspection. (OPP)

As the Ontario Provincial Police’s commercial vehicle safety enforcement efforts continue, local detachments are getting involved.

Members of the Georgian Bay OPP were involved in a three-day enforcement initiative at Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Port of Entry in Lansdowne, Ont.

During the course of enforcement, OPP, CBSA and Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO) stopped a total of 293 commercial vehicles after they had entered Canada.

Officers identified 23 out-of-service vehicle defects and removed four plated vehicles from service.

Including major defects, false logs, hours-of-service in fractions, dangerous goods violations, careless driving, distracted driving and other Highway Traffic Act offences, officers handed out 44 provincial offence notices.