Oregon officials ticketed over 100 commercial truck drivers and temporarily ordered them off the road because they illegally bypassed open weigh stations, the Oregon Department of Transportation, or ODOT , announced in a news release Monday, June 9.
Investigators ticketed the drivers, who in April and early May bypassed open weigh stations. Investigators also ordered the drivers to temporarily stay off the road, ODOT said.
“We take weigh station bypass very seriously and are taking enforcement action against it,” said ODOT Commerce and Compliance Interim Division Administrator Carla Phelps in the release. “The goal of this operation was to remove fatigued and unqualified drivers from Oregon roads to prevent fatal commercial truck collisions with the traveling public.”
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