Related: What is the penalty (in any state) for bypassing an OPEN scale when the ramp is full?
(Yes, I know TN has signs to bypass when full, so obviously I'm not asking about TN.)
Placarded Tanker Used Empty Lane at Weigh Station
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Law School would be about 1 or 2 semesters long if laws meant what the dictionary definition of each word meant and then logic and common sense smoothed out the rough edges. Law school is 3 years because there is a lot more than a dictionary & a logic class to know.Ke6gwf, Bean Jr., GoneButNotForgotten and 1 other person Thank this. -
Only need one strap unless it weighs over 1,100 lbs and is less than 5' in length or for anything over over 5' in length. -
Perhaps the idea is that the tanker, even though freight - empty, was still containing a hazardous substance and should have driven through loaded lane so that a DOT inspector could have had a better opportunity to see it and call it for an inspection for the sake of public safety.
One might think that the loaded and empty lane separation is solely for the purpose of a better traffic management and it should not have anything to do with making a vehicle better exposed to a scale window.
I must confess that once in CA I had a dozen bags of bird food rejected and decided to use an empty lane. I was not quite empty but not quite loaded either. I am not sure if I did the correct thing or not but to tell you the truth I don't have any qualms about it.Bean Jr. and scottied67 Thank this. -
I went over the Grapevine scales in an mt trailer with the placards still on once. Forgot to take them off. I got red lighted and when I got out of the truck I saw why right away. DOH, so I took them off and he told me to have a nice day.
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either the driver was lying to you or didn’t know the regulations.Bean Jr. Thanks this. -
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