I always thought that in a case like that the fines are huge, you might get turned around or you might have to have someone come and remove weight to make you legal. In this case, a driver friend was in Virginia where he supposedly got stopped in a weight station and was over weight by 1400 pounds. He was fined $85($civil penalty,$20 processing fee, $2 weighting fee, $18 liquidated damages and $20 additional liquidated damages). My guess was that the officer was nice and just allowed him to purchase some time of overweight permit, but since the fine was detailed, no permit was issued. Can someone explain?
Truck was 1.5k overweight and only got a $90 fine.
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I got a $80 ticket for 5k over on the drives in NC... Load shifted and was a sealed load.
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Thats what I usually get when I am 1500 over at the I-81 scales.
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$600 for 2k on the trailer. False weight on the bills
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I got a $43 ticket in SC at the Lexington scales for being 1500 over gross, when I called to pay it the lady laughed over 43 dollars
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I believe its so many cents per pound, but it also varies from state to state, and scale to scale
I know a guy who had $800 for 4k over gross, it makes me ask why he didn't scale. and his answer was the usual arrogance
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in utah, 1500 over on end dump axle. $50. it was a construction job. no scales. just some cop who was bored that day and weighing all the trucks at the dump site.
in oregon. i was perfectly legal for 49 of the 50 states. $300 for being 2500 over OREGON bridge. -
let him cross tenn 1500 over anything
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