Pulled over driving bobtail on Non-Truck route

Restricted routes typically are posted by a sign that listed the maximum registured weight. Since most OTR trucks are 80,000, if there was a sign, they got you. Yes, I know it isn't right, but it's the law.

As to the legal definition, when you ARE NOT UNDER DISPATCH AND BOBTAIL, you are NOT considered as a freight carrying commercial vehicle, but your registered weight NEVER changes.

 

A truck is always a TRUCK! i got stoped in Kansas city mo for this too. and was on line 5..(off duty driving) he left me go just stopped to tell me i could not be down here and bla bla. u are still a truck is u are BT or EMPTY. your still classed as a truck.. ur tractor alone weighs in at what 12,000??

 

Thats a first for me. Ive never in over 20 years trucking been told that Im NOT a truck when Im bobtailing. LMAO...just when u think youve heard it all. Driving a class 8 truck will ALWAYS be a class 8 truck. Be safe out there drivers.

 

On line 5 ? you must have a special log book.

 

Line 5 is off duty driving long as your not dispatched you can use it. like ur sitting at a truck stop and wanna go to a walmart u dont got to use ur hours.... you can drive 60miles every 24hours on it.

 

And now for something completely different. The intent of the law was not for bob tail trucks. It was for Cargo carrying trucks. The sign that was posted has a picture of a truck with a cargo box on it. If you don't look like that then why does it effect you. Pickup trucks are trucks. They go down those roads. I would go to court and plea not guilty.

I also would never go down a road marker like that in a class 8. Bob tail or not.

 

get with the program driver. Come join the rest of us in the 21st century. ELogs have a line 5. Contrary to your belief, not all drivers are on paper logs.

 

ya use that in court...

 

otr trucks don't weigh 80000 lbs.. if they did..you wouldn't be able to haul or tow anything.lol.