Utah trucker challenges city hall and wins, for now

Cybergal · Mar 7, 2008

Utah trucker challenges city hall and wins, for now
3/6/08

Of the 50-plus truckers ticketed recently for truck parking ordinance violations in Roosevelt, UT, crude hauler Justin Jorgensen was the only one who showed up to court ready to fight.

His diligence paid off because the charges against him were dropped after Roosevelt City Attorney Clark Allred in preparation for the case discovered there wasnt an ordinance on the books preventing truckers from parking their tractors in their driveways.

However, there is an ordinance in Roosevelt against vehicles licensed to tow or carry more than 26,000 pounds from driving on public streets unless they are on designated truck routes. Jorgensens house isnt located on a truck route, but he said there is an exception in the ordinance that states you cant travel off the designated truck routes except to travel to and from where its being garaged by the most direct route.

I sat in court for 45 minutes before the bailiff came and asked me, What are you doing here? Jorgensen said. I showed him my paperwork and he said, I dont have you on the schedule, so I went to the clerks office and was told, oh, that case was dismissed yesterday the city attorney dismissed it.
Jorgensen said the sad part of it all is that the other truckers have apparently paid their tickets even though there is no ordinance.
more here.......... http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2008/Mar08/030308/030608-01.htm
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cajun · Mar 8, 2008

Good for him!!! i'm the same way, i ain't just gonna give my money to them crooks, i make em earn it.

DeputyDog · Mar 9, 2008

I guess the system isn't totally broken. Bravo to the driver who used it to his advantage, as intended by our founding fathers.

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