I was driving into Wyoming tonight, and the coop was open, they red lighted my prepass, and I pulled in, but did not get a lane signal and went to the right where they had a flashing sign that said non permit vehicles may exit port, I was hauling crab meat and assume they meant non permit loads, so I just went on through without going over a scale or going inside, I pulled out and didn't get any blue lights in my mirror, so I'm assuming I'm not getting a ticket, but for future reference how should I have handled this, I imagine just crawling through was the worst thing to do
Wyoming scale oops
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by dogchimp, Sep 6, 2013.
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If you are not required to buy a permit, then you can leave the scale.
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Which scale in WY?
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You usually need to go inside and show you BOL's, registration, IFTA and CDL whenever you enter WY or CO.
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80 west going into Cheyenne, it's usually open when I come through, and I normally get a green light, except once before, but that time I got a lane signal to go over the scale then the green light to go
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If the sign was flashing, you're ok. They must have been busy inside to not want more company.
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So I take it I actually handled this correctly then, and they were very busy inside, I crawled by the scale house expecting one of the officers to come running out and yell at me for taking the bypass, but they didn't even notice
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You didn't have a cowboy hat on. Don't ask, just get one.
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So? That was you?! The scale master took a pic of your DOT number and your face.. Printed it out while 7 of us were standing there..
Immediately got on the phone, called highway patrol and a helicopter for support.
I saw flashing blue lights every 3 miles across 80, they shut Sherman down looking for you!
I'd run the back roads driver.
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I know your comment is a light hearted joke, but now I'm confused about the process for Wyoming scales, my understanding is I got lucky this time, but next time I get pulled in, I need to go over the scale, then pull around and bring inside all of my paperwork
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