NEWS ADVISORY FOR ASSIGNMENT EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS

Mark Your Calendars for International Road Check 2000

WHO: Safety Inspectors from the Transportation Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

WHAT: Will roll out their new Mobile Scale House to take part in "International Road Check 2000"

WHEN: Tuesday through Thursday, June 6, 7, 8

WHERE: The new Mobile Scale House with OCC Patrol Cars and Inspectors will be located at El Reno (I-40 East Bound, mile marker 129), Inspectors also available at Warner (I-40 West Bound), Hugo scales and Davis Scales (I-35 North Bound)

WHY: Three days of intense safety inspections of commercial vehicles including semi-trailer trucks and tanker trucks. Some may recall that the I-40 East bound scale house at El Reno was demolished when a truck crashed through it. The Commission authorized a mobile unit be built so inspectors would have an office with appropriate facilities, communications and signage to stop trucks for safety inspections.

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All news releases and advisories are available for downloading and review on the OCC web site at www.occ.state.ok.us