NYSP\u2019s Troop D Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit (CVEU) performed a traffic stop<\/a> on a a 2023 Dodge pickup towing a 2024 Buckeye flatbed trailer on I-81 in Cicero \u201cafter observing it fail to display the required U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) identification markings.\u201d<\/p>\nTroopers learned that driver Dmitrii Timofeev, 39, was transporting a vehicle from auction to a customer in customer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
A Level II inspection was conducted.<\/p>\n
Troopers discovered 26 violations, including four out-of-service violations. Violations included defective brakes, false driver\u2019s logs, operating outside the restrictions of the operator\u2019s driver\u2019s license, and other safety-related violations.<\/p>\n
\u201cTroopers determined the commercial truck was not registered and was not covered by proof of insurance. The trailer displayed a temporary Ohio registration that expired in 2025. Troopers also determined Timofeev was operating the vehicle in violation of the restrictions on his New York driver\u2019s license,\u201d NYSP said.<\/p>\n
In addition, NYSP said that Timofeev had \u201can extensive history of commercial motor vehicle out-of-service violations in multiple states\u201d as well as \u00a0non-extraditable warrants from Idaho and Arkansas related to previous commercial motor vehicle violations.<\/p>\n
NYSP placed the pickup and trailer out-of-service and impounded the vehicle, and Timofeev was issued \u201cnumerous\u201d citations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe New York State Police remind all commercial vehicle operators and motor carriers of the importance of operating safely and in compliance with all federal and state regulations. Proper vehicle maintenance, accurate recordkeeping, and adherence to licensing requirements are essential to ensuring the safety of everyone traveling on New York\u2019s roadways. Enforcement efforts like these help prevent crashes, remove unsafe vehicles from the road, and keep New York\u2019s highways safe for the traveling public,\u201d troopers said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York State Police (NYSP) troopers impounded a pickup truck and trailer after discovering more than two dozen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-291910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}