Is there a safety blitz going on with DOT??

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by ethos, Oct 26, 2014.

  1. Zigzag777

    Zigzag777 Medium Load Member

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    Seen some that made excessive use of baling wire and duck tape. Makes 'em easy targets!

    J/K no flaming please, I've drvin worse!
     
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  3. skateboardman

    skateboardman Road Train Member

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    a bingo card would really have ya asking questions
     
  4. heavyhaulerss

    heavyhaulerss Road Train Member

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    got pulled over by a road block to scale. after they weighed my steers, they told me to roll on. I think my open load on a flat & my wt on my steers told them I was good to go. had 22,000 lbs on the deck, but when I was going into the steel mill I saw a open flat being weighed & watched the d.o.t. direct the driver back and forth as to get on the scales, weighed every axle, even though he was EMPTY!
     
  5. xsetra

    xsetra Road Train Member

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    That's what the church ladies carry in their purse. haha
     
  6. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Those inspection stations are nothing more than money collection points for the bankrupt states, nothing more. They give those guys a uniform, badge and gun and tell them they're important, and they actually believe it.
     
  7. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    Every year. every month. is a blitz.

    june. aug. sept. and oct. are the hardest. been going on for years.
     
  8. soremonkeybutt

    soremonkeybutt Light Load Member

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    There is curently a campaign going on nationwide called safe driver what they are doing is checking logs checking certifications etc on the commercial end of this campaign found info on the state patrol website
     
  9. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I got I once got the red light on several scales until finally I got pulled around back for a level I. Cop told me that for some reason the PrePass was telling them I was a must inspect. That they must have been the first scale I hit that had someone who was ready to inspect me. I don't know if he was ful of s--t or not, but after that I got mostly greens as normal.
     
  10. truckerlife74

    truckerlife74 Medium Load Member

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    Dot can lick my dog nuts... They pull me over for nothing a random check wth.. He thought I was carrying drugs, to justify bringin out a sniffing dog and waste 3 hrs of my time lol pathetic ### wipes
     
  11. jsprocket

    jsprocket Heavy Load Member

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    The one on 94 entering Wisconsin pulled both trucks in front me in for an inspection.
     
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