[PIO] The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works carried out a nationwide heavy vehicle inspection campaign yesterday

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces that yesterday, Wednesday, 7 June 2023, it carried out a nationwide campaign to check heavy vehicles (trucks/coaches).

The checks were carried out at the provincial weigh stations of the Department of Road Transport and at checkpoints near points of increased transport work (quarries/ports) and concerned:

1. the correct attachment of the load,
2. the loading of the vehicle in accordance with the specifications regarding the weight of the load,
3. the good mechanical condition of the vehicle
4. the legal compliance of the tachograph of the vehicle
5. the legal compliance of all forms that a vehicle must carry.

778 checks were carried out, concerning:

1. 472 on lorries
2. 306 on buses

The 778 checks resulted in 52 complaints concerning, inter alia:

1. Dangerous or incorrect or excessive stowage of cargo
2. Failure to observe correct or no tachograph operation
3. Vehicles which were not entitled to a reduced licence because of their specifications.

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works will, through its Road Transport Department and other Departments, continue its vehicle inspection campaigns either through emergency nationwide inspections or through its normal day-to-day work.

The aim of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works is to reduce and eliminate the illegality that exists on the road network and to increase the level of road safety.

(ΘΓ/EΠ/EΧΡ)

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