I'm in no way disputing or disagreeing with you, but am confused by;
" I'm just referring to what we looked for in the DOT line."
The line you refer to is rather blurry.
With the influx of gas industry truck traffic in my area of Pa. We have found that locals state and fed are all here and inspecting on a fmsca level whether they are trained for it or not. I can tell you the local leo's have many citations thrown out by the judge.
We can't tell who is fed or not and state or not or maybe I should say we don't know who or what they are enforcing. I understand that it shouldn't be an issue if you keep the equipment legal but when a truck has been pulled in 3 times in a week at 3 different places with little or no infractions, it gets rather costly to the owner.
I agree that if a vehicle looks, smells ands sounds like junk it probably has not been properly maintained and becomes a target.
I have witnessed non gas related trucks overloaded with poorly bound loads be flagged through. I don't believe these issues exist in every area and realize this area hasn't seen this type of enforcement, in many respects it was overdue.
Our local police had claimed to be authorized to do these inspections but after so many overturned citations they no longer inspect and now seem to turn a blind eye.
Although I seem to be complaining the fact is because of enforcement the number of incidents versus the amount of truck traffic we have is remarkably low.
All citations I've seen were issued by the state whether they were state enforcement or not. Is it possible that Pa. has become an agent of fmsca?
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