recieved max csa violation

Yup, a cheap pair of walmart of the rack glasses would do wonders if u have the restriction on license

I wished they would enforce, the "must communicate in the english language " rule, with the same intensity as the glasses rule.

 

Agreed on the English Language deal.


I would say for the cost of the glasses you could just get your license corrected.

 

Not to co-op this argument, but I had a guy at C&S in Hatfield who could not speak English at all trying to make a delivery and couldn't understand the clerk telling him that his PO did not have an appointment scheduled. That should NEVER happen.

But, back to contacts. What if he's wearing contacts. Is the officer allowed to force him to remove them and reinsert them to satisfy his belief on whether he has them. A simple check of "how many fingers am I holding up" from a good distance away should suffice his check on whether he's complying with the requirements of his CDL.

The problem with the officer was not that he was being a dick about the corrective lenses, but probably the nonchalant attitude of a driver rolling 1k pounds over on an axle.

 

they don't need to show fingers. just look at the eyes. it's not that hard to see contacts.

mine extend BEYOND the colors.

 

LOL, not in GA with the new laws. I can go to walmart buy a off the shelf reading glasses quicker than these people

http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/long-lines-snarl-drivers-1472578.html

I guess its up to your state and how quickly guvmint workers process folks.

 

I suppose that the real lesson to be learned here is to NOT RUN OVERWEIGHT. Much lower chance of attracting attention at the scale house if your axle weights are correct and you're not over gross.

 

It must be something about Maryland. I got waived to the shoulder by a DOT officer coming out of the toll booths at the Baltimore tunnel. After checking my lights, tires, and load securement he comes up to the door and asks for my medical card. He said it was because he just had a guy that was supposed to wear glasses and didn't have them on. I always thought it was funny because I did have glasses on, what was he going to do write me a ticket for wearing glasses when not required to have them.

Funny thing is I had started in Blacksburg VA at 0700 and delivered 3 stops of a 6 stop load and was headed just north of Baltimore to a drivers house to swap that load for an empty trailer. So I could go get load a good load for the weekend. (Because the next drop on my load delivered Mon. morning around Baltimore.) It was around 1600 when I got stopped and my log book was still blank for the day. I was sweating bullets, but he never asked for my logs, just my medical card. Then he sent me on my way. That was the day I quit running my log book so fast and loose.