Trucker slapped with 24 charges following 3 traffic stops in 24 hours

Canadian police issued two dozen citations to a truck driver who was pulled over multiple times within a twenty-four hour period.

According to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), three traffic stops involving a 45 year old truck driver from Brampton all occurred between 10 a.m. on January 28 and 8 a.m. on January 29 along the Highway 11 corridor.

The first traffic stop occurred around 10:45 a.m. on January 28 following complaints of a semi truck swerving on the road. OPP caught up with the truck on Highway 11 near Ramore and issued the driver four citations.

Shortly after 12:30 a.m. on January 29, OPP conducted a traffic stop on the same truck and driver on Highway 11 near Val Cote and issued another four citations.

Around 7:40 a.m. on January 29, the truck driver was pulled over for a third time on Highway 11 near Smooth Rock Falls following a complaint from another driver.

In total, the truck driver was issued the following citations:

•  Careless driving (three counts)
•  Driver failing to surrender licence (three counts)
•  Failing to surrender inspection schedule (two counts)
•  Failing to enter defect in daily inspection report (two counts)
•  Improperly driving a commercial motor vehicle with a minor defect in it
•  Unnecessary slow driving (two counts)
•  Failing to maintain daily log (two counts)
•  Failing to take 10 hours off in a day
•  Exceeding 13 hours driving time without eight hours off
•  Driving after 14 hours on duty without eight hours off
•  Driving after 16 hours since last break without eight hours off
•  Failing to surrender daily log
•  Driver in possession of more that one daily log
•  Failing to keep record of duty status
•  Failing to manually input information into ELD
•  Entering inaccurate information in record 

The truck was towed and impounded in Cochrane.

Following further investigation, OPP issued multiple charges to the trucking company owner in Edmonton, Alberta, including:

• Fail to surrender the inspection schedule
• Two counts of failure to enter defects in the daily inspection report
• Improperly driving a commercial motor vehicle with a minor defect in it or in a drawn vehicle
• Request, require, or allow driver not to comply with section 18

“The OPP encourages drivers to operate within their allotted hours,” police said. “Driving while fatigued affects your judgment, perception, and reaction time.”