Arkansas Pulls 393 Truckers Out of Service in Two-Day Enforcement Operation

Arkansas's Highway Police (AHP) and the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) partnered on a two-day enforcement operation, where they took 393 drivers out of service for a range of violations.

According to a release from the Arkansas Department of Transportation, the operation spanned October 27-29, including more than 1,700 inspections. Of those inspections, authorities identified 330 unqualified or unauthorized drivers, as well as 74 immigration violations, and 183 English language proficiency violations. Another 369 traffic citations or warnings were also issued, while police made 44 criminal arrests for suspected drug trafficking, cargo theft, stolen vehicles and trailers, and other offenses.

“Beyond the statistics and the numbers, every unsafe truck or driver taken out of service represents a potential collision prevented and lives saved," said AHP Chief Jeff Holmes.

The FMCSA previously pulled nearly 80 truck drivers out of service in a September operation spanning four states, targeting truckers in violation of recently enacted requirements around foreign commercial driver's licenses and English language proficiency. The Trump administration has pulled more than 62,000 drivers out of service over those rules since those policies took effect.

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