A fake news story titled “11 States Agree To Implement And Enforce Truck Curfew” has been circulating the web over the last few days. The hoax claims that 11 states have agreed to implement a trucking curfew, banning semi trucks from the road between the hours of 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.

To be clear — the story is completely fake. It’s a hoax.

It was originally published on a website called “Best Source Of Videos” on September 13th.

The bogus story claims that 11 states have partnered with the U.S. Department of Transportation to create a trucking curfew due to traffic fatalities.

11 states working in conjunction with the U.S Department of Transportation (U.D.O.T) have agreed to implement an ordinance requiring Trucks to adhere to a mandatory curfew between the hours of 11:00 PM – 6:00 AM.

The U.S Department of Transportation who admittedly placed pressure on state representatives to implement the ordinance within their respective states are hopeful that representatives across the country will take notice and agree to implement and enforce the curfew within their states by late 2016.

It cites bogus statistics to back up the claims.

According to U.S Department Transportation representative Donald McCarthy, the ordinance was born out of a necessity. According to statistics published on the U.D.O.T website, approximately 7,342 Truck Driver fatalities occurred across the country throughout 2015. This is an almost 20% increase to the 6,120 fatalities reported in 2015. The statistics found on the U.D.O.T website indicate that roughly 47% of Truck Drivers fatalities in both 2014 and 2015 reportedly occurred during the hours of 10:30 PM – 4:45 AM.

Representatives from the 11 states that have agreed to the ordinance (South Dakota, Florida, Washington, Arkansas, California, New Hampshire, Indiana, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, & Kentucky), have said that their states will be implementing the ordinance as soon as early Sepmtember 2016 and expect all Trucks Drivers to be in compliance immediately upon implementation. All states have agreed to implement the ordinance by December 3rd 2016.

The website also published a list of bogus penalties.

The penalties Truck Drivers will accrue for non-compliance of the ordinance may vary slightly from state to state, however most state representatives have indicated they will be following the below recommendations provided by the U.S Department of Transportation.

First Offense: $100 Penalty

Second Offense: $250 Penalty & Vehicle Impounded

Third Offense: $500 Penalty, Vehicle Impounded, 90-day License Suspension.

Fourth Offense: $1,000 Penalty, Vehicle Impounded, 182-day License Suspension

The U.S Department of Transportation is hopeful that the ordinance will drastically reduce the amount of fatalities in 2016, however the ordinance is seen as an inconvenience to many owners. The most common concern voiced by drivers within the impacted states is simple- they are responsible citizens who practice Truck safety and they don’t want the government to dictate their transportation decisions. Additional concerns include citizens who rely upon a truck as their primary means of transportation to and from work within the hours of 11:00 PM – 6:00 AM and the multiple rallies that will be impacted.

As of Friday, three days after the story hit the net, it’s been shared more than 16,000 times on Facebook alone. We’ve received numerous Facebook messages and emails from readers who were outraged by the bogus claims.

According to myth-busting website Snopes.com the story was a recycled version of a previous hoax about a motorcycle curfew:

“The false claim (riddled with grammar and spelling errors) was just a minor variation of an earlier fake news story about a purported motorcycle curfew that was published in March 2016. No other media outlets reported on what would have been fairly major news for all long-haul truckers, given their multi-state routes.”

To reiterate: The story is completely untrue and designed to trick people — and it looks like it was pretty successful at it.