Company force Deducts bridge ticket!!

Question for someone who will know this.

I drove for CRST, and during my training, like literally 8 days on the truck we were going through Rhode Island.
My trainer was sitting in the passenger seat talking to me.

He was telling me he is from this area (lives in Maine) and travels this route all the time.
Long story short, I went over the Pawtucket bridge on I-95.

Waiting at the bottom of the hill, was a friendly little trooper, with a hat that was too big for his head.
Over-all the trooper was OK, didn't really give me much grief.

He asked how long I had been driving, and I told him "8 days so far".
The next words from his mouth were "You have a pretty ###### trainer, for him to let you cross that bridge"


With my trainer sitting right there, I agreed with him, and said "he just told me he is from here and travels this area all the time"

Now when the trooper gave me the tickets, he said "This one is for you, and this is for your company"

I got one for I think $75.00, and the one for the company was $3,000 for overweight bridge.
Now to me, being new, not knowing the area, and having the trainer up front with me - I shouldn't have ever got a ticket, because the trainer should have let me know we had to go around the bridge.

Of course as I was pulled over 50 trucks went by me while we were stopped.


Now here is the question part:

I paid my ticket that was issued to me, and the company paid the $3,000 one - but here is the trip out......they started a payroll deduction on me for that $3,000 dollars. Is this even legal for them to do?

The officer said it was for the company - not me, so how is it they can dock me for that bridge ticket?
If anything, split it between me and the trainer.


With this, plus the deductions for the "school" I was bringing home NEGATIVE checks.
I would clear maybe $150.00 - but many times nothing at all - working for free basically.

I swear there is a law that a company is not permitted to take more than 45% of your wages on a deduction.
Can anyone please shed some light on this bridge ticket deduction, as in legality, recourse I can take?


Thanks for reading.

 

Because I was in a contract, and felt an obligation to stick it out.
After bringing home 3 negative checks, I came back home, and stayed here.

Somewhere around here I will find the stubs I have and post them up.
I may also have a copy of the ticket, but hell if I know where.

My question is on legality. If they can't do that, I will tell them to so pound salt wit the quickness.

 

No, I did not see any - The sign which was there had been knocked over due to storms in the area best I recall.
Being a noob, and sketched when first starting I would not have ignored a sign had I seen it.

Regardless, I am looking for something on the legality of it, not who's fault it was.
I was driving, my fault, end of discussion.

What I need to know, is have any of you seen or heard of this situation before, or heard of a company docking a driver for a ticket that is clearly the COMPANIES ticket per DOT/LEO

 

Here is the sign encase someone is wondering. Wooden - that is the only one in the area, and it was NOT visible when we traveled through