Natural gas truck stopped on Bradford County road weighing 41.6 tons over weight limi

"forthwith to the magistrate" ???
Who talks like that, honestly? Did Stipcak fall out of a time portal?

 

And if you read the rest of the article, it says he was "arraigned" which I take to mean he was arrested. That's crazy.

 

Why crazy? The driver knew he was over weight for the road, the company knew the truck was over weight for the road.

The only saving grace is if the permit had a bullcrap small error that the cops capitalized on.

Mark

 

Crazy because I have never heard of anyone being arrested for being on a restricted route or overweight. I'm sure it has happened, but not common by any means. It says there were other permit violations but they don't say what they were.

Just seems a bit extreme to me. They could have wrote the tickets and gave him a summons to appear. I guess they want to make sure they get their money.

 

But how many times are you hauled off and brought before a judge the same day you receive the ticket? My guess is this is really about getting the $25,000 for the county.

 

More than likely he was given a summons by the judge because of the large sum the fine is. He was most probably release on his own signature.

Mark

 

Huge overweight fines like this are common in Pennsylvania. There are many roads in Pa. that are either width restricted or rated with a low weight. I'm always cautious when travelling on an unfamiliar stretch of road there.