Re: Weigh Stations

Posted by Bret4207 on February 04, 2005 at 16:39:26 from (64.19.84.68):

In Reply to: Weigh Stations posted by CO on February 04, 2005 at 06:30:25:

Ya know, it's funny. I've been a Trooper for 18 years and specializing in CMV's as a DOT inspector for 2 years. Every day I stop trucks and meet guys from all over the US. With not more than a 5% exception they've been some of the nicest people I've dealt with. And also everyday I try to straighten them out on the FMCSA Regs so they don't get tickets that affect their income. Wasn't all that long ago I was feeding my faimly on $5.00 an hour. I get paid the same no matter how many tickets I write. I have a set of scales in the truck and, yeah, I get some guys that run heavy. I've tried to understand why I see the same guys running heavy time after time. Oddly they tend to run junk too. Nothing I'd rather have on the road with me and my family than an over weight Freightliner with bad front brake lines, a cracked frame, bad ball joints and maybe a guy at the wheel whose coming off a 3 day bender and hasn't slept in 18 hours. Now I'm not saying any of you meet that description, but that's part of the reason I'm out there. That and feeding my family. Some of you probably met the 10% of jerks every job has. And I'll admit the regular non-cop DOT types in my state generally have personalities that lack something along the lines best described as "professionalism". Still, some of the comments here sound like no more than plain old sour apples. Somebody got caught and nobody likes that. Just don't paint all of us the same.

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