Our driver was ticketed in Florida for a 316.515 violation. I looked it up and this is what I found,
"A. Florida State Statute 316.515(3) (b) 2a states the distance between the kingpin or other peg that locks into the fifth wheel of a truck tractor and the center of the rear axle or rear group of axles does not exceed 41 feet."
Has anyone ever been ticketed for this? And is this common knowledge? I'm not a CDL driver and am not familiar with how the trailers, tandems or axles work--I am strictly in the office. I'm just wondering if it would be worth it to fight this and if this is standard across all states. The driver said he had never heard of it, either.
Florida ticket for distance between axles
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by GGE, Jun 25, 2020.
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Here is a guide to kingpin to axle distance.
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