Guelph, Ont., enforcement blitz puts 41% of inspected trucks OOS
A commercial vehicle safety blitz in Guelph, Ont., on Aug. 29 resulted in 41% of inspected trucks being placed out of service.
Officers inspected 34 trucks and took 14 out of service for various violations. Nearly four dozen charges were laid, the Guelph Police Service reported.
The blitz was hosted by Guelph police and supported by commercial vehicle safety officers from Waterloo Regional Police, Halton Regional Police, London Police, the OPP, as well as representatives from the Ministry of Finance and the Canada Border Services Agency.
“Based on feedback from our community, road safety was identified as one of the Guelph Police Service’s key priorities in our latest strategic plan,” Inspector Andrew Goody said in a news release. “Initiatives such as this safety blitz, and the resulting number of violations and unsafe vehicles taken out of service, demonstrate the ongoing need for proactive enforcement to protect the public from unsafe vehicles.”
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Come on you guys, you’re an industry magazine.
Why are you creating such sensationalist, click-bait headlines and articles?
The industry isn’t asking you to blow smoke, or lie, or slant the story in the industry’s interest, but at least make an effort to tell the whole story.
Should you not have mentioned, within the article at the very least, that of the X number of hundreds of trucks that passed by, 34 were selected for inspection, and 14 were placed out of service?
Would it not have been prudent to point out why these 34 trucks, out of the hundreds that passed by, were selected for inspection?
Furthermore, 34 trucks inspected across 6 law enforcement agencies is not a “blitz”, it’s a Tuesday.
This trend of creating sensationalist, click-bait headlines, and articles, has been noticed by your readership. If this is the direction your reporters and editors have chosen to go, maybe they should apply for jobs at CBC where telling the whole story and getting to the truth is just a suggestion, or maybe your readership should look to source their industry news and information elsewhere.
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Michael, I agree with you 100% and thank you for saving me the time it would take to write a similar letter. Thanks again.
No surprises there…