Officers put a third of inspected trucks OOS in Collingwood, Ont.
Officials placed a third of inspected commercial motor vehicles out of service during an enforcement initiative in Collingwood, Ont., on Sept. 10.
According to a news release, 33 vehicles were inspected and 11 were placed OOS. Officers also conducted 33 mandatory alcohol screening checks, resulting in one warn-range suspension.
Members of the Collingwood and Blue Mountains detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), assisted by Huronia West OPP, the OPP Central Region Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement team, and the Ministry of Transportation, partnered during the initiative.
Eleven Highway Traffic Act charges were laid, including improper brakes, improper licence, overweight, and document offences.
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This is a trucking publication, I would assume that it is geared or aimed at truckers and trucking companies. Why then, would you exploit a truck inspection result to print what is really a misleading statistic? I think that is the third time in recent publications that you have stated a failed percentage of inspected trucks without explaining that in every inspection there are many more trucks that are not retained to be inspected because they have an appearance of being okay so they are flagged on. Give me the number of trucks which have failed out of all the trucks which were inspected plus all the trucks which were flagged on without being inspected. That would be honest reporting versus sensationalism or inciting the public to be fearful of all the trucks on the road.