Finland: enforcement operation reveals increase in misuse of truck driver hours regulations
Published Wed, 02/03/2016 - 11:17
Police across Finland conducted a special control operation with a focus on heavy traffic between 15 and 21 February 2016. The operation, carried out nationwide, resulted in sanctions for 452 drivers of vehicles of domestic origin, and 85 drivers of foreign vehicles.
“Most violations involved the misuse of driving hours and rest periods; of these, 298, or 13 per cent of the stopped drivers, were subject to sanctions,” says Chief Superintendent Kari Onninen of the National Police Board.