R.I. one of top states for commercial motor vehicle enforcement

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island made the top 10 in a list of states that demonstrate “superior safety and enforcement performance” regarding commercial motor vehicles.
The report, from the Virginia-based American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s nonprofit research organization, ranked Rhode Island No. 4 on the list, behind first-place Maryland, second-place Washington and third-place Nevada. Rounding out the top 10 were Montana, Connecticut, New Mexico, California, South Dakota and Iowa.
According to the association, the analysis highlights “best practices” of leading safety innovators in the enforcement community.
“These 10 states epitomize what we would like to see in all 50 states in terms of commercial motor vehicle enforcement – a balanced approach that recognizes the importance of traffic enforcement and a focus on driver behaviors that have a relationship to truck crashes,” Annette Sandberg, a member of the ATRI board of directors, said in a statement.
“The industry applauds these state enforcement agencies who, in partnership with their respective state trucking associations and members, have made highway safety and reduced truck crashes their top priority,” Bill Graves, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, said in a statement.

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