Can cops just pull you over for no reason?

In a truck yes. Doesn't have to be a DOT officer.

 

You are federally regulated. Yes its legal. Its called a random. Ever see em set up in a parking lot? They do blitzs where one or two marked uints troll the nearby hiways for trucks to do randoms on....

 

When you obtained your CDL, you have done what is called "implied consent". They can pull you over without cause and drug or alcohol test you on the spot, and do a level 1 on your equipment and there's not a #### thing you can do about it except cut up your CDL.

 

Cops can pull you over anytime and doesn't need a reason.But once you're pulled over they'll find a reason.In Texas there's troopers that do nothing but pick truckers at random and do an inspection late at noght.I know cause I've got pulled over a few times.Long as you're doing your job legally and safely I wouldn't let officers make you nervous,they're just doing their job.
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Specifically to add to Patty J's point, on 45s at Corsicana, I have watched them pull drivers over one after another and do a level 1 there on the shoulder. They do this non stop, 24 hours per day, same exit, same 2 troopers. It's all they do. That exit should be marked as an open weigh station on Trucker's Path, because it basically is.

 

Communism ........

 

There's a reason I don't stop at any rest areas in Ohio...

 

They can but usaly they wont. Ive had bears on my tail(is that correct trucker talk?) for miles and never have been pulled over.


I always wonder what their doing behind me in my blind spot, looking for a reason? Just enjoying my trailers fine ###? Calling to tell how my driving is?

 

I think it's your screen name that's causing you to get pulled over.