Maryland State Police on Thursday will begin cracking down on commercial drivers on Interstate 95 and Interstate 495 in Prince George’s County — an area with one of the state’s highest commercial vehicle crash rates.
“Operation Tailgate” will be target unsafe and overweight commercial vehicles, looking out for speeding, unsafe driving, fraudulent documents, unqualified commercial drivers and wanted fugitives.
Police will set up inspection points at certain locations and patrol for offenders.
In a similar operation in July, police inspected 351 vehicles and put 35 vehicles and 25 drivers out of service because of equipment or licensing violations. Two drivers were arrested on outstanding warrants, and one passenger was arrested for possessing marijuana.
