Arizona Department of Transportation (AZDOT) officials said the agency has expanded truck screening technology use as a means of more efficiently moving freight and identifying information.
The effort also aids in ensuring commercial vehicles can safely operate on state highways, officials said, adding the system is now operating at ADOT’s commercial ports of entry along I-10, I-40 and State Route 95 in Parker.
“This truck screening system will allow our officers to focus on the commercial vehicles that need our officers’ attention,” Jeff Stanhope, deputy director for ADOT’s Enforcement and Compliance Division, said. “It helps us make better use of our resources and efforts while allowing trucks in compliance to go on their way.”
System features include weigh-in-motion sensors, cameras designed to read USDOT numbers, license plates and message signs, with an additional feature at the Ehrenberg and San Simon ports of entry on I-10 identifying commercial vehicles with tires that could be damaged or in need of repair.
The system tracks and stores the size and weights of the commercial vehicles entering Arizona, officials said, saving the agency’s officers and commercial truck drivers time and resources.
The system also tracks and stores the size and weights of the commercial vehicles entering the state, with officials maintaining the data would help the agency’s Multimodal Planning Division make detailed future decisions about the state’s highway system.