During a one-day enforcement effort conducted on April 21, the Pennsylvania State Police placed 219 trucks and 31 drivers out of service.
The Commercial Motor Vehicle Commonwealth Rural Roads and State Highways detail, or CRASH, was conducted last week by state police motor carrier enforcement teams across the state, who inspected commercial vehicles on rural roads and non-interstate highways.

"National statistics show that more than 50 percent of all truck crashes occur in rural areas and on non-interstate highways," said Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski. "Monitoring only the interstates is not enough. We need to be active on roads across the state to ensure that commercial vehicles are operated safely."

The enforcement teams inspected 1,255 commercial vehicles during the detail. In addition to placing vehicles and drivers out of service, troopers issued 771 citations and 1,720 written warnings for vehicle and driver violations.

Pawlowski said brake violations are the most common reason for placing vehicles out of service and issuing citations.