Posted by trucker 40 on May 07, 2010 at 19:25:09 from (69.152.35.130):
In Reply to: Re: OT- USDOT Number posted by Traditional Farmer on May 07, 2010 at 04:42:08:
Alright then you need to fight them if you get a ticket.You need to make them specify what is commercial and what is not commercial.If you cant beat them in that court appeal it.Also I read about hauling hot rods and pulling tractors as being considered commercial.Yeah well some big shot with a lawyer on his payroll wont pay a fine for something like that.
Im not sure about farm stuff but I doubt that it would stand if you made them specify just what a farmer needs to be a motor carrier for if he is hauling his own stuff.
Then the best thing is get as many people together as you can,go to West Virginias capital,bring a news crew with a TV camera with you,and ask who is responsible for this crap on that highway.It would help to have some of them friendly with your side before you go.All over the place there are politicians who are responsible for this kind of stuff and worse,and they will get it so bad you cant do anything unless you fight back.Usually they are cowardly types who will back down.There are lots of stories about this kind of stuff being fought in the past.
I remember back in 1993 here where I live there was a highway washed out between 2 towns about 10 miles from here.It was a real deep hole next to the railroad tracks and long.Now the only way to do it was get a bunch of trucks and fill it with shot rock,which the truckers did around here.They dragged every truck they could find out of hollers and everywhere and even bought some trucks and the first day before they even started they got the DOT over where they were coming from and told them that they were not going to mess with these trucks.They didnt even have license plates on some of them.They ran them day and night and the DOT left them alone.Yeah its a little different because that was an emergency,but unless you stand up and fight,and convince them that you wont quit,and start making their crap public,they will get worse.You never know it might not even be hard at all to get those cops off of that stretch of road,or at least to stop them for writing tickets for that.I bet a few calls from farmers will get it done,if they call the right person in the State legislature.He might even suggest who is the person behind the problem so then you know who to interview with the news camera.
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