I've ran all the lower 48 and 3 Provinces in Canada. I've never had any problems in other states except Cali. It seems that they have the worst people in the scale houses doing DOT inspections. I never had one that was a total jerk. I'm always polite it's the way I was raised. They do things to find a reason to give you a ticket.
I one problem in Indiana one time with a new DOT that started to write me up for falsifying my log. I had just left the consignee and logged 0800. He said I was falsifying my log because I was showing the wrong time. I had him get a supervisor over there to confirm I was on EDT not EST. He didn't know most states had to change the time up one hour in the summer.
I've had a lot of inspections over the years and Cali it's always something. Most of the times it's for lights on the mirrors, mud flap held up with a CB cord (she hated to have to write off that fix it ticket) and brakes. It seems when the service truck was parked at the scale they would have a lot of trucks that had brake checks that had to get fixed. Other states checked me and let me go.
Which States are the unfriendliest to truckers?
Discussion in 'Road Stories' started by dieselbear, Mar 9, 2009.
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I had two roadsides in KY around Lexington vicinity. I don't think I had any in GA or TX. In coop, I remember two in CA, two in VA, one in TN, one in MD, one in NC, one roadside in RI, IL, IA and NE.
I guess it all depends on ones running lanes. -
it also has to do with luck and I believe to some extent the appearance of your truck. I sometimes think if it looks nice they;ll not mess with you because they know you take care of it. IMO
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bulletproof77 Thanks this.
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The deal is, when your a jerk getting out of your cab at an inspection your headed for trouble. If your running over weight, over lengh, speeding, etc... you can not blame the cop because your stupid.
Ive been inspected in most of the states and never had any problems out of the inpection personel. Not even in CA. -
Texas is installing a new super coop on par with Fla. at the 821 WB 10. Doesn't appear that it will make it this year as they are still in the dirt / drainage phase but anything is possible.
That's one of my major freight lanes to get chemicals out of the P.A. refineries. Not good and no way around with out major miles / time.... and of course you can't raise the rate....... -
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