Highway Patrol to Conduct Operation Road Watch in Charlotte

 

The Highway Patrol will conduct Operation Road Watch beginning this Wednesday, July 18th at 6:00 a.m. 

Road Watch is a 48 hour multi-agency enforcement event that focuses on commercial motor vehicle inspections with an emphasis on commercial motor vehicle driver violations, aggressive driving around commercial motor vehicles, unsecured load violations, hazardous materials being transported across state boundaries and motor carrier fuel violations.

The goal of Road Watch is to reduce collisions involving big trucks and other vehicles. Troopers will conduct safety inspections on commercial motor vehicles at the 1-77 rest area and other locations in Mecklenburg County during the operation.

A press event will be held on Wednesday, July 18, at 11:00 a.m. at the
I-77 rest area (Northbound lanes) in Mecklenburg County. Bryan Beatty, Secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Colonel Fletcher Clay, Commander of the Highway Patrol, and Mr. Darell Ruban, Field Administrator with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will speak at the event.

For additional information please call Lt. Everett Clendenin at 919-733-5027.