The Chesterfield County Police Department (CCPD) said that a dump truck that officers recently encountered on a Virginia roadway was “a significant public safety threat.”
On January 15, 2026, CCPD highlighted a recent encounter involving a “dump truck that had been hauling asphalt all day long.”
The dump truck was inspected and placed out-of-service after officers uncovered several critical violations.
CCPD called the dump truck a “rolling violation” and issued over a dozen citations for violations discovered during the inspection, including, but not limited to:
- No CDL
- Wheel bearing leak
- Brake inoperable
- Audible air leak
- 20% brake rule
- Sock adjuster inoperable
- No/insufficient DOT marking
- Exposed belt tires
- Less than 2/32 tread depth
- Three brakes out of adjustment of the required eight