Bridge Laws in Texas

Possible your trainer did not know or did not care.
Reading your load ticket I would be surprised if it did not have a disclaimer about you being solely responsible for the weight . At one time Oklahoma and Texas was holding the loaders as well as the drivers responsible for the overweight tickets.

The old guy advice you did not ask for...
If you are working for a company that is encouraging you to run over weight you need to find another place to work! You will get caught and what extra money was promised to you will be taken away by the penalties. Keeping a clean driving record should always be one of your most important concerns.

Want to gain some points with a Texas DOT officer... Always address them as "Mr. Trooper" when speaking with them. Calling them officer is not bad but they really like to be addressed as "Trooper".

Showing your Trooper respect along with your newbie status got you off with a warning this time.

 

That's good info to file away.

I do have a dumb question. While on the interstate, did you cross any bridges?

 

Ah okay I used to load out of Hanson in Terrell and we had to tell the loader how much we wanted I figured it was the same

 

Well #### that's handy lol we had to sit in lines for flex and 1 inch jobs waiting on the #### loader....silo would of been nice

 

Don't worry the DOT troopers are going to a new schedule in a few months, and they are going to be doing a lot fewer inspections. The scales will also have fewer troopers and won't be open very much at all, trust me on this!!!

 

Hmm, and to think I thought this thread was going to tell me it's illegal to hit bridges in Tx.

 

How do you know?