"DOT Inspection methods hey TRusers, I have a quick question regarding the method DOT Inspectors use to check for air leaks. I have read somewhere...
I knew many drivers like your talking about... heck we had some regular drivers that would even call us when they were heavy or had serious safety...
I always loved the hard headed drivers , had a local driver same as yours Dieselbear We called him "ponytail" he started cussing the second the...
Hey you don't like my posts ignore them, DRAMA over... And "Arguing with a TRUCK DRIVER is like wrestling a pig in the mud ...after a while...
Bingo Dieselbear. I had a similar circumstance except it didn't go to trial for 6 years (until after I retired). I was grateful that I kept my...
What the Investigating Officer does, will be nothing compared to what the Plaintiffs Attorney will do to you. The worst part is he will have years...
When I was bored I played "lets stop all red trucks today, lets stop all cabovers (which meant all food lion trucks back in the day) NC didn't...
Lol, I dont know who made them , MD500's were the scales we had before the PAT's, they had a dial , but no zero knob..I hated them cause they were...
Does your state use the MD500's ?
In NC, we usually only carried 2 Sets (4) of "PAT"scales and depending on the configuration, I started with the steering axle using 2 scales ,...
I started out only inspecting only dirty trucks too. One day I went to assist another officer check a "pretty, shiny "clean" truck he had stopped....
This is so true , I often told drivers that they might pull one over on me .But heaven help them if they were ever involved in a serious wreck...
I never used to get all excited about logbook violations except for the blatantly false ones (200 miles in 2 hours). In NC our OOS were strictly...
My understanding of this rule was that if the passenger is an employee, I (on the side of the road) had no way to confirm that. Also unless I am...
§392.60 Unauthorized persons not to be transported. (a) Unless specifically authorized in writing to do so by the motor carrier under whose...
and forfeitures from drug seizures, dwi vehicles
the schools get the lottery proceeds too
in nc all fines go to the schools , including civil fines
I can say that when I was working the road, I very very rarely came across an out of the way driver. Most drivers were professional . Once and a...
dispatcher brains
