Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Blitz results in 42 Charges Laid

From April 3-5, 2024, our Traffic Management Unit in conjunction with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ministry of Transportation conducted a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) enforcement initiative to locate vehicles operating in poor condition; to ensure compliance with documentation; to ensure daily vehicle safety checks and to ensure driver sobriety.

In total, 87 CMV’s were stopped and inspected.

• Total charges laid: 42
• Total vehicles found to be in unsafe condition and removed from the road: 5
• Total number of suspended drivers charged: 4
• Total number of distracted drivers charged for using a hand-held communication device: 6

Police would like to remind drivers of commercial vehicles that you must not have any presence of alcohol and/or a drugs in your system when driving a commercial vehicle. If a commercial driver has alcohol or a drug in their system, they will face serious penalties, including licence suspensions and administrative monetary penalties.

Commercial vehicle drivers (classes A to F) have a zero-tolerance sanction for drugs and alcohol impairment when behind the wheel of these types of vehicles:

• those that require a class A to F licence
• one requiring a Commercial Vehicle Operator’s Registration (CVOR)
• road-building machine

If police determine that you have the presence of drugs or alcohol in your system and/or that you are impaired by any substance including illegal drugs, prescription drugs or over-the-counter medications, you will face severe consequences, including potential criminal charges and jail time.

Thank you for adhering to the law and ensuring road safety for all.