Commercial motor vehicle enforcement officers patrolling U.S. and Canadian highways issued more than 57,000 citations and nearly 88,000 warnings for unsafe driving behaviors during 2018 Operation Safe Driver Week, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance reported Sept. 19.
During the July 15-21 safety initiative, 51,000 law enforcement officers made contact with more than 113,000 commercial motor vehicle and passenger vehicle drivers. The campaign was conducted to call attention to driver behaviors, the main cause of crashes, and combat those behaviors through heightened traffic safety enforcement and educational research, CVSA said.
A total of 42,144 commercial motor vehicle contacts were made with 10,709 citations issued, and 71,187 passenger vehicle contacts were made with 46,696 citations issued. Commercial vehicle drivers were given 29,908 warnings, while 57,999 warnings were given to passenger vehicle drivers.