$75,000 in unpaid tolls...It costs $28 one way to run the Maine Turnpike so that means this company did 1,339 round trips (291,000 miles) unpaid. lol
Maine State Police seize five tractor-trailers for $75K in unpaid tolls
YORK, Maine —
Maine State Police seized five tractor-trailers from the same company due to $75,000 in unpaid tolls to the Maine Turnpike Authority.
Police said the trucks are owned by Commodity Haulers Express, of North Kingston, Rhode Island.
The truck company is facing felony theft of services charges because of the unpaid tolls over the past three years.
Police said the MTA reported to them that the company, which has 20 trucks in its fleet, had been notified multiple times about the unpaid tolls and that their right to operate in Maine had been suspended by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Police said they conducted surveillance of the trucks to know when they were entering and leaving Maine.
Friday morning, troopers located five of the company's trucks. One was stopped in York going southbound on the Maine Turnpike, and the four others were stopped along Route 122 in Poland.
The trucking company hauls Poland Spring Water. The water company was not aware or involved in the unpaid tolls, police said.
The tolls owed from the five trucks seized was about $42,000.
The trucks were towed to Copp Motors in Cumberland, where they will remain until the toll bills have been paid, police said.
Pay your tolls...or else!
Discussion in 'Other News' started by ncdriver1, Dec 7, 2019.
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Maine doesn’t play around. They want their money and they’ll get it one way or another.
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What a disgrace both the governement and the trucking company.. The fact the government would waste resources to go get their money that supposedly goes towards the road but we all know it goes directly in their pocket. And the trucking company thinking they could screw over the government. What a shame all around. Time to point ur trucks out west fellers let these toll chargers fend for themselves
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You haven’t been to Texas or Oklahoma lately, have you?
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I wouldnt consider those states to be in the west.FlaSwampRat and buddyd157 Thank this.
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Technically they’re west of the Mississippi so it qualifies.jethro712 Thanks this.
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Although I'm glad they've nailed Commodity Haulers Express (USDOT # 1332627) for this, I'm surprised it took so long. If you look at the company's SMS report that's posted at Safety Measurement System - Complete SMS Profile (U.S. DOT# 1332627) you'll see they've also been nailed for numerous violations in Maine over the past two years. It seems the State Police could have acted sooner, but they must have some kind of reason.
As for the work that company had been doing with the Poland Spring water company (Nestle Waters), it will be interested to see if they'll now lose that business.
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Technically they’re west of the Mississippi so it qualifies.
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They were being investigated for the toll dodging the authorities were getting their ducks in a row.Moving Forward Thanks this.
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They're probably Sovereign Citizens.
They classify themselves as Travelers, thus they are not subject to mans law as they are Free Inhabitants of their space.TexasKGB, FlaSwampRat, not4hire and 2 others Thank this.
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