Preliminary Statistics Reported for Operation Trucker Check XV09/26/2008Sergeant Dave MacKenzie
Oregon State Police - Bend
Office: (541) 388-6213

Lieutenant Gregg Hastings
Public Information Officer
Office: (503) 731-3020 ext. 247

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Oregon State Police (OSP) reported this morning that preliminary statistics for 342 inspections resulted in about 1-in-10 vehicles and eleven percent of drivers placed out-of-service for equipment and driver-related safety violations during this week's three-day interagency commercial vehicle inspection that ended a midnight at the Highway 97 Klamath Falls Port of Entry. This inspection and enforcement safety effort involving police, highway department truck safety inspectors and trained Drug Recognition Evaluators (DRE), was Oregon's 15th trucker check operation since the program began in 1998 targeting impairment and vehicle safety.


Operation Trucker Check XV began 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, September 23rd, and concluded 11:59 p.m. September 25th, involving a team of law enforcement officers and ODOT commercial vehicle inspectors targeting driver impairments related to alcohol, drugs, or fatigue, and vehicle equipment safety. Participating agencies included Oregon State Police, ODOT-Motor Carrier Transportation Division, Albany Police Department, Tualatin Police Department and Klamath Falls Police Department. Trained DRE officers and K9 officers worked with truck inspectors targeting operator impairment.


OSP Sergeant Dave MacKenzie reported a total of 342 commercial vehicles were inspected of which 31 (9%) were placed out-of-service for critical safety violations. Thirty-six (11%) drivers were also placed out-of-service for assorted safety violations including excessive driving hours, log book deficiencies, and driver qualification issues. Officers and inspectors issued 34 motor carrier-related citations and 327 warnings. In addition to commercial vehicle inspections and related citations and warnings, officers reported:

• Four commercial drivers arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII)
• A fifth person driving a passenger car was arrested for DUII while driving near the Port of Entry site
• Three charges for Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine
• One charge for Unlawful Possession of Marijuana
• One driver cited for Driving While Suspended
• Three drivers determined to be too fatigued to continue driving without adequate rest

During the last Operation Trucker Check held April 15 – 17, 2008 at the Farewell Bend Port of Entry westbound Interstate 84 in the Huntington area, 12 percent of commercial vehicles were placed out of service and 14 percent of the drivers were placed out of service. There were no DUII arrests during that operation.

ODOT Motor Carrier Transportation Division notes on their website statistics that 20 percent of commercial vehicles inspected in Oregon last year were placed out of service for critical safety violations. Fourteen percent of drivers inspected last year were placed out of service.

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Looks like a nice sunny day and scenic spot unless you were among the 1 in 10. Couple of nice looking KW's too.

I guess some of these "Cowboys" will never learn. Their day is done. Its play the game by the rules now. The sooner we get these losers off the highway the sooner it may get better for the rest of us. Its not going to get any easier. I can't wait till the black boxes are installed.

Couldn't agree more...except I am checking out with the black boxes... drive legal and I obey the law, so I don't worry much, but I am not driving with a computer looking over my shoulder. As Tony Montana said: "I don't need that #### in my life!"

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Wind it up! Accelerate it!
'nother hundred miles in a dead man's shoes,
Diesel fuel, I smell burnin'
White line fever and the interstate blues.

Sad state our country is in.The drug epidemic has a hold on all walks of life.Makes me feel embarrassed when there is a trucker involved,though.
I don`t think anything is going to make it any better for "us".I suspect that all we are ever gonna get is more of the same lip service we already get.
Black boxes? our lives already have too much intrusion in them.Too many laws in OUR country now.
I don`t know if the pictures are the actual trucks involved.Couldn`t see any out of service stickers or anything.If not I would sure be pissed at being associated with a story like this.I`m also wondering if the suspected drugs have been tested yet.As bad as this looks,guys,let`s remember that we are innocent until proven guilty.Also remember that anything you say will be used against you.

Could not agree more...it is really embarrassing and I guess that is why I hope they make examples of them.

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Wind it up! Accelerate it!
'nother hundred miles in a dead man's shoes,
Diesel fuel, I smell burnin'
White line fever and the interstate blues.

In Oregon you better have your ducks in a row,, all your ts crossed i,s dotted and then some, i was checked twice in a month to month and a half in oregon for log book and truck i passed both times ,, California is the same way,, of course i figure both Oregon and California to be foreign countries lol not usa states anymore ha ha ha..

between the qual com system, and the computer system that controls the truck, we already have the black box reporting everything we do. The companies just have not caught up with the technology and use of it.

Someone tell me what's up with the KW in the first picture? The stack looks like someone stuck a 7+" tip on a 5" pipe.