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DMV outlines commercial-vehicle enforcement, smart-roadside pilots and staffing limits
Summary
Department of Motor Vehicles enforcement leaders told a joint Senate and House transportation hearing that recent smart‑roadside and weigh‑in‑motion installations are improving carrier screening but that staffing and maintenance funding limit wider rollout; lawmakers asked for 10‑year enforcement and staffing data.
Ben Shilp, lieutenant for the Northeast Sector of the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles Enforcement and Safety Division, told the Senate and House transportation committees that the department’s commercial‑vehicle enforcement (CVE) unit handled roughly 15,600 cases in 2025 and operates about 22 sworn officers and two civilian inspectors covering the state.
Shilp said the DMV completed nearly 10,000 inspections last year and about 1,300 passenger‑vehicle stops; the state recorded roughly 442 commercial motor vehicle crashes in 2025, 157 of which were reportable to the Federal…
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