Traffic police spot checks nab one in five truckers

Thousands of spot checks connected haulage trucks and different dense vehicles successful the Greater Athens portion person recovered 1 successful 5 drivers successful violation of some regularisation oregon information regulation, authorities said Monday. 

A constabulary statement said 5,608 violations were recorded during 26,735 inspections successful the archetypal 4th of the year connected nationalist highways and different cardinal roads used by dense vehicles successful the Greater Athens portion and different parts of Attica.

The vast bulk of the violations – 5,247 – acrophobic rules connected drivers’ working hours and remainder schedules, while 137 were for speeding and 101 for mediocre loading. In 64 cases, the trucks were overloaded, 37 had damaged tires and 7 had tampered speed recorders.

In three cases, the infringements merited the drivers’ arrest, constabulary said, adding that akin spot checks will continue.