Held at Va Scale, someone else ticket?

It sounds like they are intervening with the company. The driver just happens to be in the truck. The company should take care of business.

 

It could have also been a company fine and not a driver fine.

 

I've never heard of this before, but I'm pretty sure there is no law backing this up. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but if he were to drive off, could they legally do anything about it? Could he be arrested? If so, for what?

It's a sad day when truckers become responsible for other truckers' legal fees, just because they happen to be employed by the same company.

I do understand that it is probably a company ticket, but that driver that is being detained is not at fault. He is basically a hostage. Being punished because he doesn't have enough money to pay SOMEONE ELSE'S ticket.

I am usually one to try and look on the bright side and side with our law enforcement if at all possible, but things like this really put a dent in my faith. Unless there is something missing from this story that we do no know, then it is not right in any way for them to hold him for something that has nothing to do with him.

 

Your brother is probably free to leave, but the truck isn't.

 

I've had lumpers attempt to do this to me, when a company driver... Say another driver ran out on his lumper fee and they told me I'd have to sit until someone paid it. But never the DOT.

This isn't a good sign. I'd advise a cab ride and some hunting for new employment wouldn't hurt either.

 

One company I worked for had this happen in North Carolina. They told the driver the truck wasn't going anywhere until the company paid the fine from a previous truck violation maybe a month ago.

 

I've seen this happen twice with a very large carrier due to unpaid fines that were missed due to incompetence or a regular old snafu. I'm pretty sure the state the last time was Connecticut.