The Nipissing West detachment of the OPP will be watching for unsafe operators of trucks this week.

Police say they will be watching for Impaired Driving, Distracted Driving, vehicles that are following too closely, moving violations, speeding, load security and making sure drivers are following the rules of the road.

This is part of the OPP CMV Collision Mitigation Strategy, the goal of which is to reduce the number of CMV related collisions on OPP patrolled roadways.

In 2018, OPP officers in the North East Region investigated a total of 625 collisions involving commercial vehicles, in which 10 people lost their lives.

In the first six months of this year, the OPP North East Region has responded to 340 transport truck related crashes.

Two people have died in these collisions.

(Photo by station staff)

Filed under: OPP