SALEM — About a quarter of the commercial truck drivers who were checked last week in Oregon had been behind the wheel too long without rest.
The Oregon Department of Transportation put the 256 drivers out of service because of the violations.
The Statesman Journal reports drivers were screened at three locations along Interstate 5 in Oregon: at Ashland, Woodburn and south of Roseburg.
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