The two officers of the Torrance (Calif.) PD's Commercial Enforcement Unit mostly cite mid-size truckers for an array of violations including a truck with a 20-foot palm tree clipping electrical lines. View a gallery of some of the more unusual violations. Read the full story here . Photos courtesy of TPD.
Commercial Enforcement Violations
An excessive load of pallets and lumber are insufficiently secured to a stake-bed truck. The hot water heater also wasn't secured.
A trailer transports pallets of bricks and paving stone, none of which are secured to the vehicle.
Officer Craig Durling approaches the cab of a tractor-trailer to issue a citation and return the driver's paperwork.
A pick-up truck's brake lights, tail lights, turn signals, and rearview mirrors are covered by overloaded greenery.
A stake-bed truck creates an unsafe situation when transporting an oversized load.
An unpermitted and oversized vehicle partially blocks a city street. It created a hazard for traffic attempting to pass through.
A pick-up truck overloaded with bricks creates an unsafe condition for other motorists.
An overloaded truck can barely carry mattresses and a sofa.
Misjudging his turn, a tractor-trailer driver gets stuck in a driveway. It took almost an hour for recovery vehicles to move the truck and for the street to be reopened to traffic.
A driver uses a bungee cord to secure his defective seatbelt.
Trees clip power lines on a stake-bed truck. The driver told an officer the trees were flat on the truck's bed before he started driving.