{"id":108927,"date":"2019-09-04T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=108927"},"modified":"2019-09-04T10:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:44:01","slug":"state-police-focus-on-commercial-motor-vehicles-during-aggressive-driving-enforcement-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=108927","title":{"rendered":"State police focus on commercial motor vehicles during aggressive driving enforcement campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2000px-New_York_State_Police_seal-Web-SMALL-_svg1.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2000px-New_York_State_Police_seal-Web-SMALL-_svg1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2000px-New_York_State_Police_seal-Web-SMALL-_svg1.png?w=235&amp;ssl=1 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, through Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019,\nmembers of the state police held an enforcement campaign focusing on aggressive\nbehaviors of commercial motor vehicle operators. Members of the state police Commercial\nVehicle Unit, Traffic Incident Management Team and uniform members ticketed operators\nfor speed, unsafe lane changes, following too closely and distracted driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign focused on roadways across the state including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Upstate<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>State Route 17\/I-86 in Troops A, C, E and F<\/li><li>I-81 in Troops C and D<\/li><li>I-84 in Troops F and K<\/li><li>I-88 in Troops C and G<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Downstate<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I-684 in Troop K<\/li><li>I-495 in Troop L<\/li><li>Downstate section of I-87 for Troop T.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to focusing on aggressive driving during the downstate\ndetail, state police conducted commercial vehicle road checks at various locations\nin the New York City metropolitan area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purpose of the detail and road checks are to reduce the number\nof commercial vehicle crashes, ensuring motor carriers are in compliance with commercial\nvehicle safety standards, regulations, financial responsibility and registration\nrequirements of the United States, as well as ensuring drivers of those vehicles\nare qualified and properly licensed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, over the three-day period, state police conducted\n1,025 Inspections, issued 42 tickets for speed, 26 tickets for seat belt\nviolations, five tickets for unsafe lane change, 265 other moving violations and\n352 tickets for non-moving violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the detail, 258 commercial vehicles were taken out of\nservice during the inspections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, through Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, members of the state police held an enforcement campaign focusing on aggressive behaviors of commercial motor vehicle operators. 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