Last night I had something that doesn't happen all that often and wanted to know what you all think? Stopped a trucker for speeding, 17 over the limit. Log book was behind, last entry at 0500 hours on the day of the stop. It was now 2330 hours. Where he was at 0500 hours and at the time of the stop was a good 14 hour drive. Bunch of lights on truck and trailer out. No fire extinguisher. The low air device was inoperable, etc..etc. etc. etc. while I'm talking to this "professional" driver and inquiring about his log book, he begins to question everything, and I mean everything I'm doing. "I want to see the radar! I want to know this and I want to know that." To the point I had enough of his B.S. After quite a few tickets for a few thousand dollars he finially did shut up. Have any of you ever acted like this guy and what was the outcome? I've been doing trucks over 10 years now and I have only encountered a few arse's like him and they have all been from south Florida. Anyway stay safe out there and have a good holiday.
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Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by dieselbear, Dec 15, 2009.
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In 47 years on the road, I guess that I have been stopped around 7 or 8 times and only 2 tickets and the last ticket was back in '78. I have several "friends" who are retired troopers and one in particular told me that 9 times out of 10 his mind was not made up when he approached the driver, unless it was outrageous. He said that the attitude of the person went a long, long way. This retired trooper told me that when you are stopped, most of the times the trooper will say, "do you know why I stopped you?", your response should be, "no sir, but I know you must have had a good reason". In this manner, you are not creating a "conflict" nor admitting any guilt, you are giving the trooper proper respect and it goes a long way.
Had a Florida trooper tell me that it is becoming more and more diffuclt to deal with a motorist. He said, he had 23 years on the force and two more and he was out of it.
Oh, was told by a Va. trooper, never call a trooper, "officer", he said a deputy or a local might be an officer, but in Va. you go through six months of pure hell and "we are troopers".
I have always found that a little "humor" thrown into the conversation is like honey and sugar. Oh, I know that there are some that you cannot "kid" with, but I give it a try anway. -
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