Weigh station ettiquette.....

That's pretty wild. Weigh stations can be very dangerous.

 

You do realize most of the drivers from south Florida can't read or speak English. The DOT actually has interpreters to translate the CDL exam for the Cubans that somehow made it Miami on a raft made from plastic water bottles.

 

not only in Florida California !

 

Ive seen a truck rear end another truck going into the southbound I-75 scale in Georgia at the 345ish area scale, and that's uphill

 

Glad i didnt have Bushnell on my manifest today!

 

There is another thing in this accident that should be noted as being stupid...

Weigh Stations need to be safe in how long line-ups are... Many times I have seen line-ups that back out onto the shoulders of the highways which as far as I am concerned it not safe.. It happens both in the US and Canada.... If your not in the actual roadway of the scale house then as far as I am concerned you should just keep on truckin'

This driver should have been paying attention in this story but had the drivers not been backed up onto the interstate then this would have been avoided... Not an excuse for the driver but never the less it's still a safety concern.

 

part of that GOV'T is ####### drivers deliberately dragging their feet............big sign says bring in all paperwork, they like the one at a time method
drivers blowing thru the scale at 45 reek havoc on the scale itself, MT has an unposted speed of 15 mph (yeah, your supposed to know that)
drivers that cant understand a green light means go, and red means no-go........trust me I get stuck behind em every week too
turn yer #### CB on.....3 times this year ive been stuck behind someone, green light on and scale hand out back.....while they waited to get weighed

if ya hit Wibaux WB.....lay on the jakes all the way up the ramp.....that scale lady likes to hear the pipes

 

Sorry gotta disagree here...

I am not sure what scales you come into but any of the scales I go into they a green light which means go over the scales then if they want to pull you in they have a light that says pull over (around back) or they come out and tell you.. Not once have I ever seen a scale master come onto the scale and make you dig out paperwork right there and then... They tell you to park.. The only thing I have ever been asked to give on the scale itself was a logbook..

The reason why the scale is backed onto the highway is lack of smarts by the inspectors... If you notice most scales have clear view of the roadway coming in (and the highway) if they do not have a clear view then they have cameras so they can pay attention to the backlog.. There is NO REASON for them to have trucks line up onto the shoulder of a highway.. NO EXCUSE!!!!!! It's dangerous and uncalled for.. The whole point of a scale is to make sure trucks are safe on the roads YET they allow trucks to be on the shoulder waiting in-line to get on the scale when you have a stopped truck and cars/trucks/busses etc are all going the highway speed limits... STUPID!!!!

I am not making an excuse for this trucker... He was paying attention... What it sounds like is the last truck was pulled off on shoulder to get into the scales. The other truck wasn't paying attention going to fast and last minute tried to swerve which didn't happen... He is at fault but that doesn't change the fact that having trucks stopped on a shoulder is dangerous just for the sake of a scale check... They should be turning off the lights to enter when they line reached the entrance point of the scales and not the shoulders beside a live lane...