Highway Patrol to Conduct Operation Road Watch in Madison County

 

The Highway Patrol will conduct Operation Road Watch beginning Tuesday, August 12 at 6:00 a.m. in Madison County. Road Watch is a 48 hour multi-agency enforcement event that focuses on commercial motor vehicle inspections with an emphasis on commercial motor vehicle driver violations, aggressive driving around commercial motor vehicles, unsecured load violations, hazardous materials being transported across state boundaries and motor carrier fuel violations.

The goal of Road Watch is to reduce collisions involving big trucks and other vehicles. Troopers will conduct safety inspections on commercial motor vehicles on I-26 in Madison County and other highways in the area during the operation.

A press event will be held on Tuesday, August 12, at 11:30 a.m. at the
1-26 Welcome Center in Madison County.  Bryan Beatty, Secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Lt. Colonel Jamie Hatcher, Deputy Commander of the Highway Patrol, Lt. Colonel Tracy Trott, with the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Mr. Darrell Rueben with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will speak at the event.

For additional information please call Lt. Everett Clendenin at 919-733-5027.