I got a ticket in Oregon for the permit is it the driver responsibility to pay the ticket or the owner's?
Oregon Permit
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by moujick, Nov 17, 2011.
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I'd go with driver. You have to know if your permits are valid. Did your company place a notice in your permit book stating you do not have an Oregon Permits.
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Did you get the ticket in the scalehouse? Oftentimes you can have the permit faxed to your location. If your company dispatched you through Oregon and they don't have the truck permitted, I would think that would be on them. I can't confirm it, but a guy told me it's like a $500 fine.
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I think it's like 483 but you can argue it down to like 272
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Absolutley the company's ticket. If your not an owner/op and they sent you there without the proper permits. It's their fault.
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You drive it? Not some guy in an office. Who checks the oil, puts fuel in? You have the wheel,, either stand up and be responsibility or don't drive.
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I'm all about personal responsibility, but this is the company's ticket. The company knows whether or not they are an Oregon trusted carrier, and if they aren't to have the permit when the drivers r eives the load. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the driver was unaware of the Oregon permit in the first place, as many who switch from big companies might be. Anyways, along with the dispatch should have been and email or FAX with the permit. Oregon usually gives a company 1 chance, and then its tickets every time, meaning the company knows they need an Oregon permit. Now if said driver knew about permit and never gave the company a FAX number to send it to, I take back everything above for this driver.
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It would be the owner/company ticket to pay but the driver should at least know to look in the permit book for state permits.
As things have changed over the years just looking on the single state for the listing of a state might not be enough. States like New Mexico may be on your single state but do you also have the weight distance permit also? Most company drivers cant or dont know the answer to that.
The company should know what states they can run in before taking a load in the first place so permit tickets while driving a company truck is the company's problem.
Now beings you got the ticket and its in your name it now becomes your responsibility to make sure its paid for, if not it will come back on you, not them. -
Actually, drivers from large companies are more likely to know about the Oregon permit than those with smaller companies. Large companies stress the permit book as being part of driver responsiblity. The driver needs to go through that permit book and make sure everything is up to date and valid.
Ignorance of the law is not a defense. Unfortunately, it's the driver's ticket. However, the company may be magnanimus enough to pay it if they admit to part of the failure. But good luck on that one.
It's a lot to keep track of, but it's part of the job.Last edited: Nov 19, 2011
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