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Public Service Commission Conducting Three-Day Vehicle Inspections

The Public Service Commission is conducting a three-day safety check of commercial vehicles on West Virginia highways.The PSC's Transportation Enforcement…

The Public Service Commission is conducting a three-day safety check of commercial vehicles on West Virginia highways.

The PSC’s Transportation Enforcement Division plans to conduct the inspections Tuesday through Thursday.

Typically the inspections focus on brake system maintenance, safe transportation of hazardous materials and preventing driver fatigue by checking drivers’ hours of service.

The PSC conducts the inspections annually.

More Truck Inspections on W. Va. Roads

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Public Service Commission plans to increase commercial vehicle inspections on roads considered as high crash…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Public Service Commission plans to increase commercial vehicle inspections on roads considered as high crash areas. 

  • One-year enforcement effort will run through September 2015.
  • Funded with a $180,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
  • grant will give PSC officers more hours on the road.

The FMCSA grant is targeted at roadways that are considered “high crash areas.”
Target areas include:

·       Route 33 in Barbour, Lewis, Randolph and Upshur Counties

·       U.S. 460 in Mercer County

·       Route 52 in Mingo, Wayne, Logan, Cabell and McDowell Counties

·       U.S. Route 19 in Braxton, Fayette, Nicholas and Raleigh Counties

·       U.S. Routes 35 & 817 in Putnam and Mason Counties

·       W.V. Turnpike/I-77 in Kanawha, Raleigh, Fayette and Mercer Counties

·       I-77 in Wood and Jackson Counties

·       I-81 in Berkeley County

·       I-70 in Ohio County

·       I-79 in Monongalia, Marion and Harrison Counties

·       Statewide enforcement on roads affected by Marcellus Shale drilling traffic

 
 

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