Posted by trucker40 on July 19, 2008 at 11:55:05 from (69.151.56.171):
In Reply to: Re: I'd Like To Know posted by Bret4207 on July 19, 2008 at 09:52:17:
Ive seen a lot of them.You probably havent.You are right,he could have asked.I really dont care what they were doing enough to stop and ask,most people wouldnt.Still,you arent going to get any answer thats going to satisfy you out of me,I can tell that.Get all superior yourself.Maybe you are a DOT cop.Ill say this,Ive given the DOT lots of money and most of it was for nothing other than generating revenue for the whatever state it was.Lots of them are out there for the revenue,and a power trip.Then there are good ones that are out there doing a real good job.I deserved tickets I got from them,and it was for everybodys safety.Many times they let me go to a shop,or let it pass,I appreciate that.For every good one there are 2 bad ones.Yes power trip.Yes they deserve it.Good as you are going to get from me,but if you want to argue,go ahead.Trucks are big and dangerous,farm equipment swerving into the other lane can cause a wreck,its hard to say just what happened,but the DOT can take you off of the road,even if you are a farmer,they just dont usually.That would be everywhere.The DOT has a tough job for sure.I wouldnt want it.They cant be good guys all the time or there would be chaos.Some do take it to the extreme they think its possible to get away with,just because they can.There was a scale house of a particular state on the east side,that if you didnt have a certain sticker on your door you put a 50 dollar bill in with your paperwork and slid on through.I couldnt believe it either until I had to do it one time to get off of the scales.A few months later I was out that way and heard on the news that they put that DOT man in jail for it.Back in the 90s.DOT are human beings,human beings will be all different varieties.Im no better than anybody else,but you arent either.Just be thankful it wasnt you that fell into temptation and wound up in prison yourself.The point I was making is this,if the guy is so hungry he has to ticket farm equipment,then maybe by helping him out a little he would stop being that way.I didnt say bribe him.Sort of the same but different,I said give him charity.Maybe it would embarras him enough to quit it.Bribe is what you give a criminal,a little different.That was the only example of a "bribe"that I personally have in 15 years of OTR driving.Others may be different.There are signs that say"dont feed the bears"and a bribe could be a minor thing as to what the alternative is,but not always the first thing you want to do.It could get you in lots of trouble.Charity is different.
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