Results of commercial motor vehicle safety and enforcement initiative

Results of commercial motor vehicle safety and enforcement initiative

Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 11:41 AM
Traffic Services:  416-808-1900

Traffic safety continues to be a Service priority for the Toronto Police Service. Toronto Police Service Traffic Services performed a commercial motor vehicle safety and enforcement initiative on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at 256 Cherry Street, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

This initiative was in partnership with 51 Division and the Ministry of Transportation Carrier Enforcement Unit.

The results of this initiative were:

- 25 truck inspections conducted 
- 42 charges laid
- six out-of-service vehicles
- one plates seized 
- two vehicle tows

This initiative showed that almost 25 per cent of vehicles inspected were in a state of repair that put the public’s safety at risk. 

The Toronto Police Service will be conducting further commercial motor vehicle inspections in the near future.

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Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu, Corporate Communications, for Constable Clint Stibbe, Traffic Services