Commercial vehicle enforcement blitzes in Burnaby, Surrey and Delta have all caught the same unsafe truck and trailer on the road, according to Burnaby RCMP Const. Kevin Connolly.
A defective truck and trailer caught by police three times in three different cities points to the importance of a coordinated regional approach to commercial vehicle enforcement, according to one Burnaby Mountie.
“The truck had defective brakes, so I placed the truck out of service. It also had insecure cargo and insecure dangerous goods,” Connolly told the NOW.Custom-built ramps blocked the brake lights and turn signals, so drivers behind the trailer wouldn’t be warned before the vehicle stopped or turned. The trailer was towed, but because the driver didn’t want the truck towed, he called in a mechanic who spent much of the day fixing it at the scene, according to Connolly.
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