Penn College News

State Police Provide Students With Practical Look at Over-the-Road Enforcement

Monday, October 20, 2014

Trooper Beaver talks with diesel technology majors and students in the Commercial Driver's License preparatory course.Whether operators hauling heavy equipment or technicians inspecting the trucks and trailers ...... a firsthand look at regulatory enforcement is key.Pennsylvania State Police made their annual visit to Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center recently to give students a front-line understanding of the laws and regulations governing commercial traffic on the commonwealth's highways. Trooper Cory Beaver, along with Motor Carrier Enforcement Officers Dave Kelch and Will Latchet, outlined the extent of responsibility and liability that a servicing technician holds in ensuring that the vehicles they maintain and repair are within guidelines. Diesel technology and heavy construction equipment technology: technician emphasis majors also witnessed an actual roadside commercial vehicle safety evaluation.
Photos by Pamela A. Mix, secretary to the ESC executive director and assistant dean of transportation and natural resources technologies