OPP stopped and inspected a transport on Highway 11 in Temagami resulting in numerous charges and the vehicle placed out of service.
On Wednesday, April 2, at 12:40 a.m., police completed a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspection on the vehicle and the trailer. Officers discovered several significant defects, resulting in several charges against the driver and the operator.
A 30-year-old driver of Rocky View, Alberta, is charged with:
- Driving while under suspension
- Driving under licence of another jurisdiction while suspended in Ontario
- Failure to surrender permit for motor vehicle
- Failure to surrender permit for trailer
- Failure to surrender insurance card
- Failure to surrender CVOR certificate
- Failing to enter defects in the daily inspection report
- Operate unsafe vehicle - commercial motor vehicle
- Improperly driving a commercial motor vehicle with a minor defect in it or a drawn vehicle
- Drive commercial motor vehicle with a major defect in it or a drawn vehicle
- Defective brakes - commercial motor vehicle
- Improper brakes on trailer - commercial motor vehicle
- Push rod stroke exceeds prescribed limit- commercial motor vehicle
- Improper tires - drawn vehicle - commercial motor vehicle
- Failure to have required lamps
- Drive motor vehicle, no currently validated permit - commercial motor vehicle
The company from Calgary, Alberta, is also charged with:
- Permit unlicensed person to drive commercial motor vehicle
- Permit operation of unsafe vehicle - commercial motor vehicle
- Improper brakes on trailer - commercial motor vehicle
- Defective brakes - commercial motor vehicle
- Push rod stroke exceeds prescribed limit- commercial motor vehicle
- Improper tires - drawn vehicle - commercial motor vehicle
- Failure to ensure performance standards are met
Also, as a result of the defects, officers removed the annual inspection sticker, seized the licence plates, and placed the vehicle out of service.