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I'm pretty sure traffic violations are not included in the expungement program. Most states, the violation will stay on record for 3-5 year. So if it ain't off already, it will be. A 4 year old speeding ticket shouldn't have any bearing on an employment decision.

That sounds funny too. One, did you do something to warrant this? Two, who is the letter from? Not many scams include letters and phone calls. It's usually one or the other. Kind of a weird topic for a scam.

As soon as they tell you to go home, you are relieved from duty. How you get there outside a CMV doesn't matter.

 

Take a look at post 504. and the reason for this comment.

 

The only thing I've some was editing my cab card issue, I keep getting letters from a company in shrievepiry LA and calls from a doping compnay requesting I sign on to their drug program.

 

here's the question of the day.

driving down the road in texas. doing asolutely nothing wrong. what do i see. a cop in the other direction with nothing to do.

so i gets a level 2.

fix it warnings for not having reflective tape on the back of the tractor. and no/improper mudflaprs.

left rear mudflap on the trailer flapping in the wind.

well hell. the right side is no different then the left.

the back of bumper is broken so that the sides peaces are missing. i've got a log in there now. 8 feet long to hold the flaps from flapping.

i know the flaps have to be long enough to cover the top off circumference of the tire. but i can't find any regulation that says that have to stand tall in the wind.

and i can't find any regulations that say reflective tape has to be on the tractor.

393.13(a) reflective material to indicate conspicuousness
upper right and left side of trailer.

I DRIVE A FLATBED. and it has tape along the back rail.

i see some trucks licensed to texas having the tape on the back of there cab. but have yet to see any locals with tape OR bumper protection that stops the flaps from flying around.

ii talked to a couple of truckers that had the same problem we all got accused of lights not working when they are. reflective tape and mud flaps.

so what am i supposed to fix when the regs says i'm in compliance?????
i've heard that this can't be fought. with the csa program. doesn't that kind of F with you're records and license. for no reason at all.

 

My windshield is tinted dark from the top down to the same level that my sun visor covers when down. I am driving a 04 Columbia. The tint is about 4 1/2 from top.
Is this legal? Tried to drive with sun visor down but could not see traffic lights. Without tint the extra light causes eye strain.

 

§ 393.60 Glazing in specified openings

(d) Coloring or tinting of windshields and windows. Coloring or tinting of windshields and the windows to the immediate right and left of the driver is allowed, provided the parallel luminous transmittance through the colored or tinted glazing is not less than 70 percent of the light at normal incidence in those portions of the windshield or windows which are marked as having a parallel luminous transmittance of not less than 70 percent. The transmittance restriction does not apply to other windows on the commercial motor vehicle.

(e) Prohibition on obstructions to the driver's field of view'(1) Devices mounted at the top of the windshield. Antennas, transponders, and similar devices must not be mounted more than 152 mm (6 inches) below the upper edge of the windshield. These devices must be located outside the area swept by the windshield wipers, and outside the driver's sight lines to the road and highway signs and signals.
(2) Decals and stickers mounted on the windshield. Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) inspection decals, and stickers and/or decals required under Federal or State laws may be placed at the bottom or sides of the windshield provided such decals or stickers do not extend more than 115 mm (41/2 inches) from the bottom of the windshield and are located outside the area swept by the windshield wipers, and outside the driver's sight lines to the road and highway signs or signals.


http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu...sr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=393.60&keyword=tint
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393.13 only applies to trailers manufactured before December 1, 1993. 393.11 applies.

Link to 393.11, information on truck tractor conspicuity is about two-thirds of the way down the page.

 

That 393.60 (d) is a crock. What the heck is immediate left and immediate right suppose to mean when they give specific measurements on everything else. They darn well know drivers put strips up top and they should specify that.

Something like you can use 30% tint not extending below 6" from the top.

And when they use measurements like in 393.60 (e), they emphansize metric measurements. This is America! Emphasize 6" and put the metric in parentheses.

I swear the guy that writes these rules is sniffing glue or something.

 

ok. he wrotre me up for 393.13.

but the code is 11. and how come it isn't enforced. how many of you actually have reflective tape on the back of your tractor?

how about mudflaps. he told me the left side was flapping in the wind. what about the right side. it's no different. he wrote me up for no/improper flaps. i had to put a board in the trailer as i don't have the sides of the rear bumper dowon below. someone before me managed to break them off. so i put a board to keep them from flapping in the wind.

he also tried to accuse me of non working lights. and i'm not the first one in texas to be falsely accused.

 

393.11 is kind of a catch-all. In paragraph (a)(1) it says "All commercial motor vehicles manufactured on or after December 25, 1968, must, at a minimum, meet the applicable requirements of 49 CFR 571.108 (FMVSS No. 108) in effect at the time of manufacture of the vehicle."
You have to look up FMVSS 108 to find the specific requirements.

FMVSS 108 section 5.7.1.4.3 says regarding Truck Tractors:

So, typically the reflective tape ends up on the mudflap brackets.

There is also "Element 2" which is 2 white corners at the upper part of the back of the cab, similar to what is required on the back of trailers.