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Halton Regional Police and Commercial Vehicles

commercial vehicles: On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Halton police, with help from police officers from Hamilton, Brantford and Guelph, as well as the OPP and the Ministry of Transportation MTO , inspected 154 commercial trucks of varying sizes to determine if they complied with Highway Traffic Act HTA , MTO and various Ontario ministries regulations. , according to Hamilton Spectator. The first day, Monday, saw 79 mechanical and/or other types of inspections performed with 27 vehicles put out of service. One out of every three commercial vehicles inspected by a team of personnel headed by Halton Regional Police was taken out of service, many for serious infractions, during a recent two-day safety blitz a slight statistical improvement over a similar event held last year. From the vehicles inspected in the Mainway Arena parking lot over two days, 51 were cited for safety concerns or other reasons and temporarily taken off the road until the problems are rectified. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.