On my first day out of training, I was about 6 hrs out. I kept riding up on a truck pulling doubles and every time I got in the left lane, he would speed up so I had to get back in the right lane. At one point I was able to start gaining in the left lane, and for about 20 minutes my cab was beside his trailer tires. During that time, I did not see the small "weigh station ahead." By the time I did see the station, it was too late and I was afraid I would have an accident if I were to slam on the breaks. Sure enough I saw the blue lights coming after me abut 2 miles down the road. The cop had me get on an exit, get back on interstate, take another exit and go through the station. He gave me a citation and I was thinking, "OK I will just pay it because I wont lose points with my company." I called the number he gave me to the courthouse, and the woman said $1,055.00. I was like, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?" Then I calmed down and said, "Mam, I am so sorry that I did not stop, it was my first day out of training. Could I attend a night class to have it as a warning?" She said, "No, since it is CDL you don't get that option. But, if you set up a court date, you can explain to the judge that it was your first day, what happened, and he might lower the fine. I cant promise anything, but he might lower it." Well, I'm going down and hopfully he wont be like, "Well you should have seen the sign, just because it was your first doesn't excuse the fact that you should have stopped." $1,050 are you kidding me.
OUCH!!!! No mercy for newbies when it comes to citations
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by DDOC, Nov 14, 2013.
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