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The first ROADPOL enforcement operation for 2024 detected a sharp rise in truck and bus violation rate with the one of buses almost doubling in a year.
The Europe-wide enforcement campaign on commercial transportation ran from 19th to 25th February 2024, the first of three in total for the year. At random locations the operation was supported also by teams under the umbrella of Euro Controle Route road inspection institutions and by experts of the European Labor Agency.
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This time a total of 29 countries took part in the operation with number of inspected vehicles much larger than during the operation a year ago. According to their feedback, 248.498 (121.933 in 2023) trucks and 130.519 (91.590 a year ago) buses were checked. During this control week 95833 (51.468 in 2023) violations were found (trucks: 86830 buses: 9003). This time on 2467 occasions the onward journey had to be prohibited until the proper condition of the truck or load had been restored. This administrative measure was also imposed on 106 buses.
The violation rate thus was 34% with trucks which is a surge of 41% since last year. The number with buses although nominally lower shows a violation rate of 6.9% which is almost double from last year’s 3.5%. For freight traffic, this means that a violation was found in 1 in 3 trucks checked. “This highlights the significant risk freight traffic poses to road safety, emphasizing the ongoing need for monitoring. European police officers undergo rigorous training in heavy traffic controls, evident in the high rate of violations detected“, said ROADPOL Operational Working Group chief Chief Commissioner Jana Peleskova from the Police of the Check Republic. For trucks most of the offences were found in the area of exceeding driving time, tachograph settings or manipulation, speed and technical offences (including overweight and insecure loads). For busses most of the offences were found in the area of seat belts and other safety restraints, speed, exceeding driving time, tachograph settings and vehicle documents. Read more
Source: ROADPOL
