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CHP
TRUCKING NEWS
California CHP Uses Aerial Enforcement on I-80 to Catch Truckers Skipping Mandatory Brake Check Following String of Brake Fires — Aircraft Spots Violators, Ground...
GOLD RUN, CALIFORNIA — Following a string of semi-truck brake fires on Interstate 80 in the Sierra Nevada foothills, the California Highway Patrol launched...
TRUCKING NEWS
CHP Spots Driver Hauling Car Down Highway on Bare Metal Rims; No Tires at All, Just Metal Grinding on Asphalt and Sparks Flying; CHP...
VISALIA, CALIFORNIA — A CHP commercial vehicle officer in the Visalia area stopped what the agency called a dangerous and illegal tow job after...
TRUCKING NEWS
‘Don’t Count on Luck’: CHP Shares Photo of Semi Cab ‘Ripped Apart’ After Rear-End Crash as Following Distance Warning — Driver Miraculously Escapes With...
TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA — California Highway Patrol is using a recent rear-end crash between two semi-trucks near Truckee as a stark reminder of what happens...
TRUCKING NEWS
CHP Cites and Places Tractor-Trailer Driver Out of Service for Speeding Over 70 MPH in California’s 55 MPH Truck Zone
WILLIAMS, CALIFORNIA — A semi-truck driver was cited and placed out of service after California Highway Patrol officers stopped a tractor-trailer for speeding in...
TRUCKING NEWS
Semi Hauling Liquid Hydrogen Overturns on I-5 Near Patterson — Unrestrained Passenger in Sleeper Berth Airlifted With Major Injuries; Gas Smell Closes Both Directions...
PATTERSON, CALIFORNIA — Interstate 5 closed in both directions Friday morning after a semi-truck hauling a trailer filled with refrigerated liquid hydrogen overturned near...
TRUCKING NEWS
CHP Places Semi Out of Service After Trailer Found Missing Set of Wheels in California; Driver Showed ‘Little Concern’ and Kept Loading It
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA — A commercial vehicle was placed out of service after California Highway Patrol officers found a trailer missing a set of...
TRUCKING NEWS
CHP Finds Worn Brake Hose Causing Air Leak Between Tractor and Trailer — Driver Placed Out of Service, Pre-Trip Inspection Would Have Caught It
CALIFORNIA — A recent California Highway Patrol commercial vehicle inspection found a coiled brake hose with a worn-through spring guard between the truck-tractor and...
TRUCKING NEWS
CHP Finds Truck Hauling Equipment With Zero Tiedowns — Issues Reminder as Load Securement Will Be a Primary Focus of CVSA May Roadcheck
LE GRAND, CALIFORNIA — Troopers with the California Highway Patrol's Chowchilla River Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility are reminding commercial drivers to secure their loads...
