Why the DOT has rules

Found this post on the Taler Board (link below) that should explain it clearly.

Thanks to Hal/Ind for posting it.

• Taler Board Post

Now, would I let that nightmare go down the road? No way. But remember not all DOT inspectors are cops. And in some States their powers are limited. In my State most of our Inspectors are Troopers, so we do the whole cop thing too.

Where I work we cover it all from domestics to murder to bald tires. It all depends on where you are. Used to be everyone up here complained about Candian trucks. These days I'll put 99% of the Ca. trucks up against US trucks and the Canuck will have less violations. Thats due to enforcement.

Other than having more cops out there writing more tickets, which is the only way I see to get compliance, I don't see an answer to stupidity, laziness, and plan old unsafe practices. Warnings just don't work. Of course now we'll see 347 guys post about the time THEY got a ticket and it was obvious the stupid cop was on the take, out to get them, didn't know his butt from a hole in the ground, etc., etc., ad nauseum. The same guys will throw a royal hissy fit when they see a violation on someone else's rig.

Oh well, such is life. As long as people keep breeding and getting their education from TV and movies I have job security.

My state may have tried taken some steps in that direction but it still did not work.
We had a DOT cop that we call weight and standards. These are the same guys that run the scales. They were given extra power to where they can write a ticket to anyone for any violation much like a trooper. Problem is they use the power to write speeding tickets to trucks while the cars fly by.
We also took a section of our troopers and made them DOT cops but they consentrate on truck inspections only.

With that aside... I was talking about the education of the general public more than enforcment.
I could in any state in the US take a 17 year old person; have them get a car drivers licence; and with NO knowledge of how bigger rigs work; put him a loaded down U-Haul with a car hooked on the back; OR a 1 ton truck and a 35' 5th wheel RV behind it; and send him down the road.
Our drivers education system in the states is nul and void or of no use.

I think you can see what I mean by the questions and answers most put right here on this site about trucks.

Thanks for trying to keep our roads safe.
John

So you guys come up with some real answers that don't involve messing with AARP, the RV manufactuers, the "Sport Truck" industry, the trucking indusrty, the other various industies , support and lobbying groups and enthusiast groups that'll make everyone happy and I will personally run your campaign for President, Emperor, Dictator or whatever you want to be called and back you to the hilt. Until then I'll just keep kicking tires and checking log books and hope Granny doesn't run me over 'cuz she won't move off the white line!

Now where I'd put the Malox..... ..

Rod

Rod

the truck never actually goes very far, some sort of town law that you need to move your vehicles every so often. cant have anything sitting in one place for more than a few weeks or something,, so he beats the system by moving it from one end of the road in front of the yard to the other,, whether that is corrct or not I dont know,,

on the other hand,,, I wouldn't be surprised to see something like that going down the road,, and then have people say" this is the way to do this, always have done it like this,,, you just "..... ....",, people do play with OUR lives out there without even thinking twice about it,pat

On the other hand..... As you said also.... I think the post shows what lengths some people will go to move things around.

I always see things on the side of the highway that have fallen because of not being tied down; Small trucks jacknifed because the trailer or load was to much for them; people killed because someone was trying to get from point A to point B in 15 mins when it is a 20 min trip; ect ect.