Over 900 commercial vehicle violations uncovered by CHP’s Golden Gate Division during July CVSA blitz

The California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Golden Gate Division shared a peek at some of the violations discovered during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Operation Safe Driver Week campaign earlier this month.

Operation Safe Driver Week took place throughout North America from July 12 — 18, 2026. The annual campaign focuses on enforcement and education to reduce unsafe driving behaviors committed by passenger and commercial vehicle drivers.

On July 23, CHP’s Golden Gate Division shared early results from this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week effort.

CHP said that the Commercial Operations Unit (COU) was focused on trucks bypassing scales, trucks off-route, speeding, driving in the left lanes, and other driver violations. Once the trucks were stopped for these violations, a mechanical inspection would be conducted to check for equipment violations.

The Golden Gate Division’s COU stopped 408 commercial vehicles and located a combined total of 962 violations on those trucks.

Additionally, 81 of the stopped commercial vehicles were ordered out-of-service for various violations.

“Commercial vehicle enforcement is vital to keeping California’s roadways safe by ensuring commercial drivers, vehicles, and motor carriers comply with laws and standards designed to keep people safe. Our proactive enforcement and inspections help reduce the risk of preventable crashes and ultimately protect not just commercial drivers, but everyone who shares our roads,” said the Golden Gate Division.

Check out CHP’s photos from the Operation Safe Driver Week campaign below.