NMSP News:New Mexico State Police officers participated in a Weight and Inspection Operation, Aug. 1-3, near Waldo off I-25.
During a 72-hour period, CVSA-certified commercial motor vehicle inspectors with the New Mexico State Police conducted inspections of commercial motor vehicles and their drivers, with an emphasis on infractions that would cause them to be placed Out of Service. Over the duration of the operation, two New Mexico State Police CVSA-certified officers and four Inspectors weighed more than 1,228 vehicles, completed 59 inspections and put 17 vehicles out of service for an array of violations.
Placing vehicles out of service means that officers and transportation inspectors recognized a violation on a commercial vehicle, which meets the Out of Service criteria. Out of service violations are defects that have been deemed especially dangerous to the public and the vehicle’s operator. These violations are defined in the out of service criteria, a manual supplied by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
The criteria is accepted across the United States of America, Canada and the Estados Unidos de Mexico and certified inspectors utilize the list to identify these dangerous violations in order to keep the public safe.
