What would you have done...

My husband and I had an SUV we rented for a long trip a few years ago. Hubby was driving and got pulled over in MD. Long story short, he got a ticket for 5 miles over rather than the 15 :0

So I said to the trooper, would you like us to pay that now? He giggled and said, "Oh no, ma'm, you're not that far south!"

 

OP, why didn't you just call the Federal Marshals and have him arrested?

 

What happens if you DON'T pay right then and there? Get arrested? That's what you want and what they don't want, even in the small towns. See, there's a person that you will have to see that the cops don't necessarily see eye to eye with. The magistrate. He's like a judge, but he handles things when the courthouse is closed. In this modern day of cellphones and satellites, contact your company, let them know what's going on...they will be swarming in to get their property back. It's not like the old days where you have to worry about being stuck in a Mexican prison and no one knows what happened to you.

So, the cop tried to beat you out of a couple hundred bucks. But if he's suddenly looking at going to court, with big corporate lawyers coming from out of town, odds are he will opt for easier prey.

 

Is there no provision in the law that allows you the opportunity to go to the nearest public scale to get the weights right? Thats the angle I would have played, seems unfair if that isnt allowed and seeing a judge or magistrate would have changed the outcome I believe. And if this happens on a regular basis I would name the company that you loaded at so other drivers know what to expect. Its not as you are accusing the company of wrong-doing so I dont see the harm in naming them.

 

Cops don't have anything better to do then pick on truck drivers.Certainly their's bigger fish to fry in Chicago.

 

With the murder rate in Chigcago you would think they had more to do than they could handle.

 

As with anything in life, if you don't know the rules of the game you are playing, you have no choice but to allow others to interpret the rules for you. The other person is never going to bend them to your favor....more often than not you'll get bent over because they have that badge and you don't know any better when they decide to start making up their own rules.