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Cybergal · **^ Top** #1 10.10.2007

Crackdown targeting all drivers set for Oct. 21-28
10/10/07

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No matter whether you’re driving a tractor-trailer or a personal vehicle, law enforcement officers across the country are gearing up for an enforcement blitz set for Oct. 21-28.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are coordinating the enforcement effort with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Governor’s Highway Safety Association, International Association of Chiefs of Police and American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.
The week-long program is a spin-off of the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks program sponsored by FMCSA. Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks – or TACT for short – is a program using enforcement, education, media and evaluation to reduce fatalities and injuries resulting from acts such as cutting off, tailgating, and speeding around trucks.
The program pairs law enforcement with truckers. Officers ride along in the trucks watching out for violations by both drivers of passenger vehicles and truckers. The officer in the truck calls ahead to additional officers in patrol units who then stop the car or truck. Not all stops result in tickets, many of the programs hand out brochures explaining many of the common dangerous maneuvers passenger vehicle drivers commit around trucks.
The Oct. 21-28 enforcement blitz coordinators intend to build on the success of the TACT program. Law enforcement plans to focus on several specific violations.
The plan includes:
Removal of unsafe and fatigued commercial vehicle drivers from the highways;

Take enforcement action against drivers who fail to buckle up; and

Take enforcement action against non-commercial drivers operating in an unsafe manner around trucks and buses.

http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_ne.../101007-02.htm

Pete_379X · **^ Top** #2 10.10.2007

Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me.

Truckin Juggalo · **^ Top** #3 10.10.2007

*sigh* they have been Cracking down for like a month it seems all the scales that are normally closed have been open, the DOT was out in Knoxville all last week pulling log books at the scales, I wounder whats going on Law Enforcement has been going around the clock its not normal for them to be out with this much force for this long a period of time... thats what i have been noticing

Bayle · **^ Top** #4 10.10.2007

CT has been really busy the last month or so too.

Pete_379X · **^ Top** #5 10.11.2007

They've been bad here in AR as well. Seems like they hired more DOT guys because they have I-30 covered and all the back roads around the inspection stations covered as well.

Roadmedic · **^ Top** #6 10.13.2007

Probably has alot to do with the recent publicity on the hours of service.

Big Don · **^ Top** #7 10.13.2007

I wish to heck they would increase traffic enforcement on all these idiots talking on their cell phones, here in Southern Utah. In fact, they need to increase their general traffic enforcement here.

They certainly do pick on commercial vehicles here, but anybody else just seems to get a free ride. . .

Cybergal · **^ Top** #8 10.17.2007

Just a reminder!

Next week is almost here...

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