Police say a wild scene unfolded on Sunday, July 13, on Highway 17 near Marathon, Ontario. Officers with the OPP pulled over a commercial truck with a livestock trailer and caught the driver and passenger trying to swap seats before the stop wrapped up.

Why it matters: Officers believed the switch was an attempt to cover up that the driver didn’t have the correct license for a commercial rig.

• Neither the driver nor the passenger could show valid insurance, daily logs, or completed pre-trip reports.
• An 18-year-old from Southgate Township landed charges including no proper license, no insurance proof, missing logs, and driving with no air brake endorsement.
• The 41-year-old passenger from Dundalk got nailed for incomplete inspection reports and breaking smoking rules.
• The trucking company faces charges for missing ELDs, poor inspection procedures, and letting someone without the right license drive.

Between the lines: The stop happened on the first day of Operation Safe Driver Week, a weeklong event targeting truck and car safety violations across North America.

All told, police hit the two men and the company with 15 different charges after the seat-swap attempt.