(GODERICH, ON) – A day long blitz by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers from the South Bruce, Perth & Huron County Detachments has been deemed a success.
Last Friday, June 16, 2017 OPP officers and an MTO officer conducted a Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection station in the Town of Goderich.
The objective for the officers was to identify, stop and check commercial motor vehicles and their operators for compliance to the various traffic laws and regulations.
In total, 32 vehicles were inspected and a total of 16 Highway Traffic Act (HTA) charges were laid. Nine of the vehicles inspected were placed out of service. The drivers of these vehicles either had to repair the damages or have the vehicle towed off site.
The most common offence was overweight vehicle and trailer loads. The average overage was 3000 kilograms above the registered vehicle weight. Other identified offences were failing to have an annual safety certificate, insecure loads and documentation issues.