On Friday, April 11th, the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) of the Indiana State Police conducted a focused enforcement blitz focused on U.S. 30 from the Illinois state line to the Ohio state line. The Lowell, Bremen, and Ft. Wayne Posts also assisted. CVED primarily focuses on trucks over 10,000 pounds and the enforcement of federal and state laws that pertain specifically to those vehicles.
This blitz focused on the top 10 crash causation factors:
Following too closely
Failure to obey a traffic control device
Improper/unsafe lane change
Excessive speeding and speeding too fast for conditions
Failure to yield the right of way
Operating a CMV while Ill or Fatigued
Failure to wear a seatbelt while operating a CMV
Using/equipping a CMV with a radar detector
Texting while driving a CMV
Hand-held cell phone use in a CMV
As a result of their efforts, the following statistics have been highlighted:
- 47 speeding violations (15 tickets, 32 warnings)
- 7 seatbelt violations
- 43 other violations
- 2 criminal defendants
- 29 level 3 truck inspections
- 10 level 2 truck inspections
- 3 level 1 truck inspections
- 126 total truck violations noted in those inspections
Sgt. Dale Turner stated, “The Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division remains committed to ensuring commercial vehicles remain compliant with applicable laws and regulations. Focused efforts like this raise both awareness and voluntarily compliance with those law and regulations.”
For more information on the Indiana State Police CVED, please visit https://www.in.gov/isp/commands/commercial-vehicle-enforcement/
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