Pennsylvania authorities placed 282 commercial vehicle drivers and 942 commercial vehicles out of service during a weeklong statewide truck inspection program.

Between July 21 and July 27, enforcement personnel from the State Police, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Public Utility Commission conducted 2,927 commercial-vehicle inspections at various locations during "Operation STRIKE Three," an acronym for Safe Trucks In the Keystone.
Enforcement teams found violations in 2,625 of the 2,927 commercial vehicle inspections. In addition to placing operators and vehicles out of service, the teams issued 824 driver citations, 1,177 driver warnings, 2,643 vehicle-defect citations, and 6,079 vehicle-defect warnings.
As part of the operation, teams also weighed 816 commercial vehicles, resulting in eight overweight citations, three overweight warnings and four oversize citations.
State Police apprehended two people wanted on warrants and one illegal alien as a result of the operation. Troopers also conducted special highway patrols that put an emphasis on citing drivers of both commercial and passenger vehicles who engaged in actions that contribute to commercial vehicle-related crashes.
State Police also issued speeding citations to 230 passenger vehicle drivers and 63 commercial vehicle drivers, and issued 92 other traffic citations to commercial-vehicle operators and 36 to passenger-vehicle drivers.
"We have put the trucking industry on notice that Pennsylvania will not tolerate unsafe trucks on our highways," said Police Commissioner Paul J. Evanko "We intend to keep up the pressure to make our highways safer for operators of all vehicles."
Transportation Secretary Bradley Mallory noted that “commercial traffic is the lifeblood of our economy, but the trucks that carry the goods we need must not pose needless risks to the motoring public."
Two more weeklong operations will be conducted before the end of the year.