Ottawa truck blitz takes 20 of 87 inspected vehicles off the road
MTO, OPP and Ottawa Police laid 68 charges in a one-day west-end check. Brakes, tires and loose loads led the out-of-service list.
A one-day commercial vehicle blitz in Ottawa's west end ended with nearly one in four inspected trucks parked.
The Ottawa Police Service said on October 26 that it ran the operation on October 22 with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and the Ontario Provincial Police.
The numbers
- 87 commercial motor vehicles inspected
- 16 CVSA-qualified inspectors on site
- 20 vehicles placed out of service
- 68 charges laid
- 1 set of plates seized after a vehicle was found unfit to drive
Why trucks were parked
Police listed defective brakes, improper tires, insecure loads, damaged suspension parts, steering defects, and defective or missing trailer safety devices.
What drew charges
The charges covered a wide spread of paperwork and mechanical items:
- daily trip inspection reports
- annual inspection stickers
- insecure loads and overweight vehicles
- maintenance and major defects
- CVOR issues
- improper tires and turn signals
- dangerous goods
- permits, documentation and missing plates
What it means for drivers
Most of the list is preventable before the truck leaves the yard. A complete daily trip inspection, a current annual sticker and secured cargo cover a large share of what inspectors wrote up in Ottawa.
Out-of-service orders and CVOR convictions also follow the carrier. In Ontario, they feed the carrier's safety record with the ministry.
Police did not say when the next joint blitz will run.