A road side commercial motor vehicle inspection was conducted on October 23rd, 2014 on Progress Driver in Aylmer, ON. Officers from the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), West Region OPP Highway Safety Division, Ministry of Transportation and the Aylmer Police Service participated in the event.
A total of 25 inspections were conducted with 15 charges being laid are a result. Out of the 25 commercial motor vehicles checked, 10 (40%) were taken out of service due to mechanical deficiencies.
“Inspections such as these are designed to ensure that commercial motor vehicles travelling on our local roads and highways are mechanical safe and sound. Public safety is paramount and as you can see from the results that 40% of the commercial vehicles checked were not safe to be on our roadways. We will continue to conduct such roadside inspections around the county and individual officers will also be conducting their own stops to ensure these vehicles are road worthy.†Stated Inspector Brad Fishleigh – Elgin County OPP Detachment Commander.
