Commercial Driver Disqualification for Serious Traffic Offenses

Commercial Driver Disqualification for Serious Traffic Offenses

Resolution

WHEREAS, The Commercial Motor Vehicle Act of 1986 established standards for disqualifying commercial drivers who commit offenses defined as serious traffic violations; and

WHEREAS, Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 383.5 defined the offenses that constitute serious traffic violations; and

WHEREAS, The sanction for speed, as a serious traffic violation, becomes enforceable when the actual speed is 15 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit; and

WHEREAS, The sanction for speed was established when the national speed limit was 55 miles per hour; and

WHEREAS, A speed limit of 65 miles per hour raises the speed sanction to 80 miles per hour before it becomes classified as a serious traffic violation; and

WHEREAS, The safety of all users of the highway is our primary concern; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the International Association of Chiefs of Police, duly assembled at its 104th Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, supports an amendment to Title 49, CFR, Part 383.5, to reflect a reduction to 10 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit as the criteria for determining a serious traffic violation involving speed.

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