Logging Off Duty?

Exactly. Also for the longest time, I thought those signs said "No 102" wide double trailers longer than 28' ".

 

I'm thinking it may have been: No 102 inch wide trailers, doubles or trailers over 28 feet which I was misreading to be No 102 inch wide double trailers over 28 feet.

Or something like that.

 

You should have been able to get out of that ticket.

next time, just say no pre-trip is required by law since no driving took place, and the time away from the truck was less than 7.5min every time.

This way he can't nail you for the PT, and he can't prove how long you were away from it. Anything taking less than 7.5min doesn't need to be shown on the log.

The cop was just being a jerk.

 

I probably could have but considering I didn't have one of those legal plans, didn't have time to fight he ticket and they weren't serious violations (the restricted route ticket was written as "failure to obey local ordinance"), I bit the bullet and paid the tickets.

 

Well, I suppose. I still hate being ripped off when I know I am in the right though. The thing about it is, you shouldn't need a legal plan, as he never should have written the ticket for the log or the PT. But... he did give you a break on the restricted route, so I guess it's a trade-off.

 

He even said as much since the restricted route ticket would have been a $1000 or more fine. Sometimes life's most valuable lessons are the most expensive ones.

 

Why did you put SLEEPER for the whole 24 hours? I put SLEEPER and OFF DUTY if I am at a truck stop for 24 hours. You can't sleep for the whole 24 hours.
I had a situation like you. I was driving at night time through Washington and I missed the turn to weight station. They ran outside and flashed lights at me, but I was already stopping. I guess they had nothing better to do, there was absolutly no other trucks at about 3:30 am. So I stopped, just missing the exit. I came to them, said I am sorry and I want to back up little bit into the exit to weight station or turn around somewhere. He told me to go to next exit, turn around and come back to him. So I did that and was asked to PARK AND BRING PAPERS. He printed about 10 warnings for me about my log book. They were all stupid!!! On one page he said that (my writing) to him Montana looks like Missouri. And my 2 looks like a 7. Stupid stuff like that. To my explinations he didn't lisen. He was talking to me like he was the god of weight stations. And I got a $100 ticket for failing to exit to weight station.

 

Obviouslyu I didn't sleep the whole time, I watched TV quite a bit and took time to tidy things up.