Just some of the stupid things I see

Hey DB! Enjoy your well deserved time off! Your posts are great to read but as others have said, scary that all this sheet is out on the roads!!

 

The gentleman who tested me for my CA CDL was a retired CHP motorcycle cop. He was open about his background. I asked him if he drove a truck when he retired. He laughed at me and said "this is just a pay check son, when you get older and have a wife you will understand." I did think it was odd that he was testing me but oh well. Not alot surprises me anymore...

 

You got tested by Eric Estrada?

 

Couldn't have been. If my memory serves he couldn't even actually ride a motorcycle. Or maybe it was the other numb nuts on that show.

You really have to wonder about an agency that actually gave a show that was like CHiPs accolades. I guess publicity is all that is important, whether it is good or bad.

But between that and the old Highway Patrol show with Broderick Crawford, I would think the CHP would hang their collective administrative heads in shame. And I know that it embarrassed the hell out of some of the line troops. . .

But then the "powers that be," probably didn't have enough intelligence to be embarrassed by it. . .

OK, back to the thread now, my rant is done!

 

DB.....True Story
Not a CDL holder but have my own rig for hauling my horses. 1989 INT 9307 with 60" sleeper and pull a 48" van drop that I put windows in to haul the horses.
Last year took a trip out west. No issues east of the Miss. River. Once west I had all kinds of issues as nobody seemed to know what to do with me. In most cases I was telling them what the rules were for folks like me.....could have a whole other debate on this but we won't.
Anyway, I got stopped at every scale house west of the river. At least in every in state I was in. That included Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota. Not one single time did I ever provide any of those crackers with a drivers license or any other piece of personal identification. All they wanted to see was the registration on the truck and trailer, proof of insurance, and charge me for a stupid fuel tax that I was able to get back from each and every other DOT within those states under the premise that I never should have been charged the tax or permit in the first place.
Far to many people out there still are not checking the ID of the driver or anybody else in the rig for that matter. It became a running joke that these scale houses were only interested in the money. Heck, I even had horses on board and never had to show a health certificate, coggins, or proof of ownership.

 

"Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast anymore"

Or is that too long?

 

You done cought everyone.....