Just some of the stupid things I see

What the hell man?

By the way, I pull a tanker for QC now, usually its not placarded (foodgrade)...Would you pull me over for that one, just to have a check?

That ain't fair. But you don't write the law, you just enforce it. That newb's response should be to sue the company for every penny of that ticket you wrote him, and then some. There is just no excuse with that, and it is not his job to check the credentials of his trainer, it's the companie's. I never drove OTR without a CDL though, so it wasn't really an issue for me.....

That said, He needs to get the ball rolling on that lawsuit *FAST*. I have a feeling that company is not going to survive the compliance review!

What the hell man? What kind of idiot would pull a stunt like that, let alone with hazmat?

 

I would figure that the particular officer either does NOT know what he is talking about, or he is encouraging you to screw up for whatever reason. Yeah, unfortunately, there are a few out there that are that unprofessional. Gives all the rest of them a black eye as well.

 

Luckily, the majority of LEO's, are pretty decent.

 

That is what you'd call a former driver !!!!

 

Or maybe he meant, "me and my friends only care about today's log page"

like, seriously, when i was in training at CRST my trainer was...ehehehe. He trained to get a second logbook, and the books were never right. One time he got pulled over for speedin, in tennessee..he was doing 75 or so, and the speed limit dropped to 55, and right after the speed limit sign was a diesel bear. Ooops! He did a level 3 inspection, and dissapeared with, among other things, the logbook. It was still morning but the log page for that day was BLANK. he filled out the information at the top and never drew any lines. officer comes back with a clean inspection report and a ticket for 5 over....

So maybe he was one of these guys...

 

While I was in truck driving school a student was driving the truck pulling a 28' van. Someone had put "drive safely" placards on the trailer. The student was ticketed for the placards. The school paid the ticket but the student got the ticket.

The other day in a Nebraska weigh station, I got a warning ticket because my plate was on the back of the tractor. I told the officer I didn't know. He said it was his pet peeve. I went out and moved it to the front and he took care of the warning ticket right there. Two questions, Californicate is a two plate state, why do they only issue one to trucks? And why didn't you guys tell me to put the plate on the front???

 

I was just thru IL today and saw the signs in question...I should have snapped a pic, but did not. They say "After 11 hours driving, you need 10 hours REST", so that can be construed a number of ways, however a person may get their rest.

 

why would anyone put the plate on the back?

fyi, new jersey as far as i know is the only state that requires two on a tractor. Talk about stupid...whats the point?

I keep seeing a LOT of trucks with "drive safely" placards. pisses me off every time. is it that hard to get some white spray paint and fix it?

 

CRE nuff said!