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Truckers received more than 10,000 warnings, citations for traffic violations during Operation Safe Driver Week
Law enforcement officers issued more than 10,000 citations and warnings to commercial truck drivers for various unsafe driving behaviors during July’s Operation Safe Driver Week. In other news: The big three truck stop chains are honoring truckers throughout September. Action in two trucking-related court cases.
September 2, 2020
Business
Toughest 15 (plus 2) states for moving violations ahead of enforcement blitz kicking off July 12
This year's Operation Safe Driver Week blitz begins July 12. Here are the states with the highest moving violation percentages, a safe bet for boosted activity.
July 1, 2020
Business
The 15 toughest states when it comes to moving violations
These 15 state truck enforcement programs in 2017 encoded the largest percentages of moving violations, measured as a share of all of each state’s issued violations, the nation over, with a heavy Midwest presence among them.
November 13, 2018
Business
Minnesota aims at moving targets
Some rehabilitation of Minnesota’s reputation — in the wake of the state’s notorious “fatigue checklist,” judged a violation of truckers’ Fourth Amendment rights in 2011 — is on offer via truckers’ anecdotes and data on its enforcement program, with a shift toward mobile traffic enforcement and, perhaps, a willingness of officers to credit professionalism where it’s due.
November 8, 2018
Business
Midwest Muscle: Iowa bolsters targeted approach to driver violations
Iowa DOT’s high violations-per-inspection ranking, among other data, underscores an increasing focus on driver violations, particularly related to hours of service.
November 29, 2016
Business
Washington state: Putting the move on moving violations, logs
The one-two combination of hours of service and traffic enforcement packs the biggest punch for Washington State — with a technology assist.
November 2, 2016
Business
Common ground: New Mexico’s inspection-heavy enforcement program
Capt. Greg Kerr of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety’s truck-enforcement unit has thoughts about highway safety that truck drivers may find familiar and sensible. Chiefly: He understands that four-wheelers are ‘part of the problem’ with safety.
September 9, 2016
Business
How the potential gold mine of ELD data could hurt you
The precision and quantity of ELD data available after the mandate could, combined with a new safety-rating scheme, give on-site auditors an extra-effective tool for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis not only of uncovered hours violations, but also moving violations.
July 12, 2016
Channel 19
How ELDs could be the new radar guns
If the SFD process as proposed becomes regulation, and the ELD mandate isn’t struck down by the federal courts or otherwise derailed, on-site auditors may garner an extra-effective tool in their arsenal for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis of hours, moving violations.
May 26, 2016
Business
Top 10 toughest states for traffic enforcement
Indiana, Delaware, Illinois top the rankings for violations that contribute CSA’s Unsafe Driving measure. Often used by enforcement as a reason to inspect, without an attendant citation such violations can be notoriously difficult to challenge.
November 13, 2015
Channel 19
‘Operation Truck Stop’ enforcement effort targets off-toll-road traffic in Northern Indiana
Of the recent enforcement blitz in northern Indiana, one trucker asks: Just another way to move more truckers to the Indiana Toll Road?
July 27, 2015
Business
The seven-state speed trap
All of the contiguous states mapped above show speeding among the top six violation priorities in the state. Explore the West Virginia-to-Nebraska lane’s violation metrics here.
June 5, 2015
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