Скачать или смотреть 032124 MONTGOERY COUNTY PRECINCT 4 CONSTABLES ADD TRUCK WEIGHT ENFORCEMENT DEPUTY

Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constable Rowdy Hayden has added a Deputy to their COmmercial Vehicle Enforcement Division. Currently, it is being done by DPS, Montgomery County Precinct 3, and Montgomery County Precinct 2. With more and more construction the incidents with commercial trucks have increased. The majority of the issues are overweight, uninsured vehicles, and unlicensed drivers. That has now changed. Many feel the deputies need to concentrate on crime. But with overweight trucks the roads become destroyed, drivers' vehicles get damaged, and serious crashes. Over the past several months there have been several trucks, concrete mixers, and dump trucks involved in crashes. Those crashes many times turn into a hazmat scene with over 100 gallons of fuel dumped, or gallons of motor oil and hydraulic fluid. This does not include having to pick up what the truck was loaded with and remove it from the scene. When a truck is not insured, we the taxpayers pick up the burden of the costs which many times is in the 10's of thousands of dollars. This as the Texas Department of Transportation or your County Commissioner must contract with a hazmat company to mitigate the situation. Over the past several days multiple trucks have been stopped some were legal some as much as 8500 pounds. An overweight citation is a wake-up call for the drivers of the trucks who are responsible for the ticket. A fine can run anywhere from $1000 to $10,000. The job on the Deputy is not easy either. The scales to weigh the trucks are almost fifty pounds each. He must first weigh the front axle and then the rear axles. After this is done the math comes into play, calculating the maximum weight on the tires based on manufacturers' weight limits, then the axle weights. one thing that has not been changed by the Texas Legislators however are the rules on inspection. A Constable can weigh a truck but is not able to enforce Federal Motor Carrier Laws. A DPS Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer can stop a truck just to check a logbook or do a safety inspection. Some Police Agencies of larger cities are also authorized to do the same. However, Constables can stop trucks for either weight or violations of Texas Traffic Laws.