Police Crackdown On Commercial Vehicles For 4 Entire Days This Year!

(NORTH BAY, ON) – A joint Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) training initiative hosted by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) resulted in numerous enforcement actions and one impaired driving charge during roadside inspections in the North Bay area.

The four-day training, held at the end of April, brought together members of the OPP and the North Bay Police Service for two days of in-class instruction followed by two days of proactive CMV enforcement. The initiative focused on vehicle safety, inspection protocols, and driver sobriety. Key components of keeping Ontario’s roadways safe.

Over the course of the two-day enforcement phase, officers stopped 82 commercial motor vehicles (CMV) for inspection. The operation led to the following outcomes:

·        58 Part I Provincial Offence Notices issued

·        9 Part III Provincial Offence Summonses issued

·        36 warnings issued

·        8 CMVs taken out of service

·        7 licence plates removed

·        5 Level One CMV inspections completed

One significant result of the operation occurred on Wednesday April 30, 2025, at approximately 11:00 a.m., when officers were conducting enforcement at the MTO scales on Highway 17 in North Bay. Treaver DOYLE, a 51-year-old North Bay resident, was arrested for operation while impaired – drugs. The accused was also charged under the Highway Traffic Act with:

·        Operate vehicle – fail to display inspection sticker or proof

·        Drive commercial motor vehicle with a major defect

·        Drive commercial motor vehicle without required inspection

·        Fail to surrender CVOR certificate

·        Drive motor vehicle – no permit – commercial motor vehicle

The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on June 3, 2025.

The OPP remains committed to traffic safety enforcement and continues to work with policing partners to hold commercial drivers accountable and remove unsafe vehicles and impaired drivers from Ontario roads.

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