Nearly 400 truck drivers and vehicles have been removed from service in a crackdown on hazardous vehicles, unsafe drivers, and fraudulent practices along Arkansas highways.
The removal came under the third phase of Operation Highway Shield, which targets unqualified truckers and related criminal activity on U.S. roads. In addition to putting 393 drivers and vehicles out of service, the operation identified 183 English Language Proficiency violations, referred 74 immigration violations to federal enforcement, made 44 criminal arrests, and recovered one stolen trailer, the Department of Transportation (DOT) said in a Nov. 4 statement.
“Gone are the days of dangerous–and many times illegal and foreign–drivers putting American lives at risk on our roads,” Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said in the statement. “Under the Trump Administration, we are restoring law and order.”…