A recent enforcement effort by six states in the Northeast led to numerous citations being issued to commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Operation Wicked Safe targeted dangerous and distracted driving on major roadways across the Northeast. In the Oct. 13-15 operation, state police from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont combined to make 36 OUI arrests and issue more than 2,000 speeding violations along with nearly 6,000 overall traffic citations.
The enforcement blitz occurred on Interstates 90, 91, 84, 93, 95 and 395, Route 146, and other priority roadways in cross-border areas.
During the operation, the Massachusetts State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section inspected 577 trucks and commercial vehicles and found more than 1,300 serious violations. These included suspended operators, false logbooks, driving without a CDL, operating without an ignition interlock device, controlled substances in a commercial motor vehicle, and brakes out of adjustment.
The CVES unit also made three arrests and issued $72,230 in fines.
