BUFFALO — A multi-agency commercial truck inspection last week at ECC South Campus resulted in 40 summonses issued and 32 trucks taken off the road until the trucks were repaired and passed an additional inspection, according to Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard.
The Sheriff’s office, the Amherst Police Department’s commercial truck inspector, and inspectors from the New York State Department of Transportation conducted 61 inspections over a 10-hour period, finding improper or faulty brakes, trailer brakes, broken springs and axle securements, load securements and driver qualification issues.
Sheriff Howard said, “Some of the equipment violations on the trucks taken out of service were serious and it’s important for the motoring public to know that my office has a unit checking these commercial trucks and making our highways safer.”
The Erie County Sheriff Office and its partners will be conducting future commercial safety inspections throughout 2016.
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