Oregon truck inspections hit record in ‘07
From our weekly issue dated May 28, 2008
Oregon safety specialists, motor carrier enforcement officers, Oregon State Police, and other state enforcement officers completed 61,345 inspections during 2007, which represents a new record total for a calendar year and a 3 percent increase from activity during 2006.
Oregon Dept. of Transportation also reported that Motor Carrier Transportation Division (MCTD) inspectors alone completed 38,030 inspections and 38 percent of them were Level 3 inspections of truck drivers. This type of inspection checks just driver-related items: the driver license, medical examiner’s certificate (including driving waiver, if any), logbook/record of duty status, hours-of-service, seat belt usage, and vehicle inspection report.
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In the 14,395 Level 3 inspections that MCTD staff conducted, 25 percent resulted in placing a driver out-of-service.
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OSP completed 18,170 inspections, most of which included a check of driver items and a walk-around check of the truck. These Level 2 inspections don’t require looking under the truck. In the 1,572 Level 3 inspections that OSP conducted, 21 percent resulted in placing a driver out-of-service.
Other state law enforcement officers completed 5,145 inspections during ’07. Most of their work involved Level 2 inspections.
