The program gives money to the states to inspect trucks - about $60 million a year.

The friction was particularly intense over the unit responsible for inspecting heavy trucks.

The job involves installing and operating cameras, imaging equipment and scales to inspect trains and trucks leaving the 100-year-old plant.

"What if you're on bridge patrol and you're inspecting trucks?"

Eighteen months ago the unit formed a special nine-member team to patrol county roads and inspect large trucks and school buses.

Most days, his unit inspects trucks for safety problems - bald tires, worn brake lines, cracked windshields.

Now comes the falloff in inspecting big trucks.

The law gives the police the authority to inspect vans and trucks that might be used to carry a bomb.

Many New Yorkers are comforted that the police now stand guard along 96th Street, inspecting trucks headed south.

With the police inspecting trucks at most bridges, his trucks are facing delays.