DOT Inspection

Yes. Most road troopers are level 3 qualified ( walk around and paperwork)and can pull you over and do a road side inspection without you breaking any traffic laws.If they're not level 2 or 1 qualified they can call A qualified DOT inspector to perform those inspections. They can even have you follow them a certain distance to a fixed scale to weigh you or a safer location to perform a inspection .

 

You can be inspected in the coops without an obvious-existing violation, so why not?

 

There's a thread on here I think by home skillet about Ohio troopers out BAD today....and a few guys mention Indiana (since we are neighbors sorda I guess....) but YEP they do it here in Ohio, also.

Did you get boinked? Let us know.

 

When the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program §350 was first enacted it was designed for inspections once stopped. Today because trucking has been considered a highly regulated industry most if not all that language has been removed from §350. I don't think it is right, but it happens everyday in the US.

 

Well at least you passed. Dang, I run the 224 up there all the time; I guess I'll be more careful tonight when I head out...thanks for the info~! Glad all is well tho.

Holiday week, they do this crap....and then there's another DOT blitz that starts on 7/15.... yay.

 

Seems like everything is fair game. I saw a pack of black SUV's, I thank they were labeled Public Service Commission, swarm a contractor. Contractor was doing turn lanes and ditches.
They were going over all the trucks and paper work. That just seemed wrong but I was glad they were busy when I went by.

 

Didn't you learn this when you studied for your cdl?

 

I’ve seen Ohio pull into truck stops on 71 and hit drivers for inspections while they were parked . Not a fan...