RAW VISION: NSW Police raid a trucking company and inspect eight vehicles following a fatal crash on the Hume Highway last month.

Trucks will be subject to random checks to stop “cowboy” operators from illegally tampering with them, NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay says. The state government is yet to commit to an industry-wide audit despite police allegations that a transport company had tampered with speed limiters on its trucks, including one involved in the deaths of three people south of Sydney in January. But Mr Gay said spot checks would be carried out on trucks, regardless of whether a complaint had been lodged, comparing the idea to random breath tests and audits by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). “I certainly would describe it as a blitz, and it’s not the end,” he told reporters today. “You won’t know where we’re going. When we hit next time, it will either be another company or it will be a random one as police do in RBT across the state. “We might be waiting at a weigh-checking station near you.” Police allege the speed limiting devices of some trucks have been tampered with after a truck driver was charged with dangerous driving and a transport company was raided following a fatal Hume Highway crash last month. Eight trucks from Lennons Transport Services were allegedly tampered with; seven had their speed limiting devices altered to allow them to travel at more than 100km/h and one was modified to allow it to consume more fuel, Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley, said. The log book entries of six trucks at Lennons’ Enfield depot were also allegedly tampered with, police said. Read more > Random checks on trucks to stop tampering.