Any states to avoid during DOT week?

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  1. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    No they dont, very few people ACTUALLY work 24 hour shifts, it happens but only sporadically.

    And just because the blitz is 72 hrs an individual officer wont start on tuesday am at midnight and work through till friday am, midnight.

    Its shift work, theyre people, and manning the scalehouse is unlikely to be more than a 10 or if larry didnt come in, a 12 hour shift, far more likely its an 8hr

    And theyre going to start on monday and end on friday. Because cops are nothing special, theyre petty humans just like you and i
     
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  3. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    split hairs much? lol He was saying that the whole of LEO works 24/7/365. Not just 1 officer. SMH
     
  4. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    It's not unusual fire there to be FMSCA personnel on-site at scale houses during the 72 hour. Just another body to help them do more inspections than normal.
     
  5. Jaebo74

    Jaebo74 Medium Load Member

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    A couple of weeks ago, Georgia was nailing the #### out of trucks. I85 north of Atlanta. and I95 SC to about Brunswick. Said they were looking for DUI drivers and HOS
     
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  6. Kenworth6969

    Kenworth6969 Road Train Member

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    I guess just stay behind the old freightshaker held together with duct tape and you don't got to worry about getting an inspection.
     
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    xsetra Road Train Member

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    That's when you say, with a smile on your face, "Good cause I could use a clean inspection" .
     
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  8. slow.rider

    slow.rider Road Train Member

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    Lol. But just because one scalehouse dude works that way doesn't mean they all do. I know for a fact they don't.
     
  9. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    Im not splitting hairs, his reference was in misunderstanding me replying to someone further up the chain. I was clarifying what i meant
     
  10. InTooDeep

    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    I always smile and tell them that is great my wife takes me out to a steak dinner every time I pass an inspection
     
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