HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission placed 101 trucks out of service and issued 1,130 traffic citations statewide during Operation SAFE, announced Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski.
The one-day enforcement effort was conducted March 31.
“During Operation SAFE, which stands for Seatbelt and Fatigue Enforcement, members of state police motor carrier enforcement teams, working with specially trained personnel from the PUC, focused their attention on seat belt use by truckers and on examining commercial driver’s licenses, vehicle inspection reports, hours of service logs and other required documentation,” Pawlowski said. “The goal is not to disrupt commerce on our highways, but to ensure that commercial vehicle drivers are operating safely and in accordance with the law.”
He said 2,304 commercial vehicles were inspected. In addition to placing vehicles out of service and issuing traffic citations, officers handed out 1,569 written warnings for vehicle and driver violations and placed 94 drivers out of service. He said 90 traffic citations were issued to drivers for not wearing seat belts.
Editor’s Note: The following is a breakdown, by state police troop area, of the number of inspections conducted, number of vehicles placed out of service, and citations issued by state police during the program:
• Troop A (Cambria, Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland counties), 237 inspections; 13 vehicles placed out of service; 48 citations;
• Troop B (Allegheny, Fayette, Greene and Washington counties), 258 inspections; eight vehicles placed out of service; 82 citations;
• Troop C (Clarion, Clearfield, Forest, Elk, Jefferson and McKean counties), 206 inspections; nine vehicles placed out of service; 67 citations;
• Troop D (Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties), 233 inspections; ten vehicles placed out of service; 82 citations;
• Troop E (Crawford, Erie, Venango and Warren counties), 149 inspections; 16 vehicles placed out of service; 66 citations;
• Troop F (Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Union and Tioga counties), 170 inspection; five vehicles placed out of service; 84 citations;
• Troop G (Bedford, Blair, Centre, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata and Mifflin counties), 169 inspections; four vehicles placed out of service; 48 citations;
• Troop H (Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry and York counties), 129 inspections; 11 vehicles placed out of service; 62 citations;
• Troop J (Chester and Lancaster counties), 96 inspections; seven vehicles placed out of service; 46 citations;
• Troop K (Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties), 116 inspections; four vehicles placed out of service; 86 citations;
• Troop L (Berks, Lebanon and Schuylkill counties), 99 inspections; three vehicles placed out of service; 30 citations;
• Troop M (Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton counties), 112 inspections; six vehicles placed out of service; 53 citations;
• Troop N (Carbon, Columbia, Monroe and part of Luzerne counties), 47 inspections; four vehicles placed out of service; 81 citations;
• Troop P (Bradford, Sullivan, Wyoming and part of Luzerne counties), 65 inspections; three vehicles placed out of service; 23 citations;
• Troop R (Lackawanna, Pike, Susquehanna and Wayne counties), 117 inspections; six vehicles placed out of service; 56 citations;
• Troop T (Pennsylvania Turnpike), 239 inspections; one vehicle placed out of service; 255 citations.
