Enforcement drive in southwestern Ontario puts almost 50% of vehicles OOS
A recent commercial vehicle safety blitz in southwestern Ontario put almost half of the 96 vehicles inspected out of service (OOS).
The four-day enforcement drive – from June 10 to 13 – resulted in 46 vehicles being put OOS, according to a Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police news release. Also, 80 charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act, and 55 warnings were issued for minor infractions.
The Grey Bruce OPP partnered with the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Finance, Hanover Police Service, West Grey Police Service, Owen Sound Police Service, and Saugeen Shores Police Service, at the blitz focused on identifying unsafe vehicles, unfit drivers, and non-compliance with commercial vehicle regulations.
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IT is my opinion only, but the question shouldn’t be Whether or Not the Officer has a keen eye and is able to spot trucks that will most likely fail a roadside inspection.
The question should be. What are those trucks doing on the road to begin with.
If the officer can pick out the trucks that are not safe for the road, so should the owners of the companies and/or their maintenance providers.
As the cost of everything, including truck repairs continue to rise we will encounter more and more of these trucks that are unfit, occupying the same roads as our Families and Friends. Let’s not resort to watering down the severity of the problem and making excuses for the bad actors.-
I don’t think MacKay was making excuses for the bad actors. I think the point being made was that the report showed almost 50% of trucks checked were put out of service and it makes the reader think that almost half of the trucks on the road are dangerously deficient and this is definitely not accurate. The article scares the public about truck safety. Of course the bad actors need to be eliminated, but realize too that some of these out of service charges could be driver infractions and nothing about the truck at all.
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Although I do agree that that is a high number, we do have to watch the rhetoric. An oos service defect is not necessarily one that puts the public in mortal danger. It does show that the onus is squarely put on the driver to put the truck oos, and lord help him if he does!
Hello: I would like to remind everyone, that the vehicles inspected during these blitzes are selected by the officers. Since it is not practical to stop every vehicle. So the focus on percentage of violations could be more a reflection of the officers skill in selecting vehicles, than a true random sampling.