Just some of the stupid things I see

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by dieselbear, Jan 31, 2010.

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  1. Roadmedic

    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    Sounds like a good size.

    I do not like to go over 34 because they weigh alot more. Many of the smaller 33's have about 3 slides are are nice when extended out.

    Not wanting to have the make, because need to keep some things private.
     
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  3. Brickman

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    Thank you.

    I'm sure that a driver that has an honest problem will respect you even tho you cost him money as part of your job.

    I had a level 1 in OR. Much as I hated being inspected I respected the man doing it. He was very professional about his job but not being an arse hole about it like so many are now days.
     
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  4. rocknroll nik

    rocknroll nik High Risk Load Member

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    ya know Bricky I think that we get what we give from the LEO's out there.
    I got popped coming into Indiana on the Pennyrile out of Kentucky.
    I was tooling along doing close to 60+ the speed limit is posted 50. Comin up on a bridge a four wheeler in front of me,( he had just passed me too) slams on his brakes. I'm taking a drink of my coffee and there is this 4 wheeler locking em up and I see the 2 troopers under the bridge. Of course I had to slam the binders....on come the flashing lights.
    I pulled over had my license and my log book ready when he got to the cab. He didnt want my log( thank god), I had forgot to do it my bad, asked for the cab card etc.... I got them for him, he asked if I knew why he stopped me , yes sir I was going a bit fast. He checked my license out etc.... and then gave me a warning and we sat there bs ing for a while....he was really cool, had me 10 over and let me slide cause I didnt give him any crap about the 4 wheeler ,I manned up. I was lucky he coulda got me for not having my log book updated etc.....
     
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    I can deal with a man that mans up. Honesty will set you free with me. It's the ones that like to moan and groan, argue and act like an arse that I enjoy dealing with.
     
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  6. Brickman

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    Nik some are..... too many are not.



    I got popped for a bull sheet 10 over in IN once. Thing of it was I was not doing 10 over.
    At the most I might have been 3 over. More like none to 2.

    The cop was a wiener head from the get go. 100% wiener, without his big brimmed copper hat he even looked like a wiener head.
    I guess nobody told him that just because you have one doesn't mean you have to be one.

    I've had other run ins with 100% wiener heads. The cool ones are few and far between.
     
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  7. rocknroll nik

    rocknroll nik High Risk Load Member

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    HEY DB he had me dead to rights!!! Why lie it wasn't gonna do me any good:biggrin_25513:

    And yeah he was very cool too, I could see hangin with him and having a few cold ones if I still drank. He was my kinda people. Real down to earth, one of the good guys.
     
  8. rocknroll nik

    rocknroll nik High Risk Load Member

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    Oh I know those types too Bricky....before I was a truck driver I was always rolling on the edge, I know you're all going no way not you "rock n roll nik" LOL so I've met more than my share of LEO's some cool, but most were not. This guy that nailed me was allright though.
     
  9. wsyrob

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    I just spent 3 hours hanging out in the shop at the TA in Lafayette, La getting a trailer tire fixed. Those shop foremen can probably tell as many stories as dieselbear.

    While I was there they got a road call for a Werner Driver who had run out of fuel. No problem the guy was about to go rescue him when he realized the mile marker he had was on that 19 mile long bridge. They are not allowed to work on trucks while on the bridge. That guy had to be towed before they could get him running.

    About an hour later a local police officer came in asking if any truck had come in missing a trailer tandem. Some guy lost a wheel that took out 2 cars at a gas station. He kept on going and probably didn't realize it. They were looking for him.
     
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  10. Scuby

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    Thanks DB. I guess it depends on the LEO and their agency will allow on what they will and can do. There is a show on cable about the dumb things some criminials do. I saw one segement where a guy tried to rob a convience type store with a uniformed LEO at the counter. It seems people leave their brains or common sense at home when they go out and thats if they had any to begin with.
     
  11. dieselbear

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    That would make a good commercial, "This is your brain on drugs."
     
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