DOT CLOWNS

In Ohio? What part or scale house were you at?
I pick up alot in Otay Mesa California, rio rico Arizona ....mostly produce but I mean the trucks they let into the USA from Mexico should be red tagged ....you wouldn't get a 2nd glance next to these trucks....

 

Had just the opposite happen in California last month at the Dunsmuir scales. Got pulled in for my first inspection in almost 2 years. Nice guy around 70, asked only for my license and registration, nothing else. He was laughing at his co-worker yelling at a non-English speaking driver in the next booth to me. Ran my license, checked my turn signals, and handed me paperwork for a completed Level 1 inspection and put a sticker on my windshield without having really done an inspection. Told me to have a nice day and sent me on my way. I was in shock, but happy.

 

Interesting.
We pull high pressure loads from Florida to Washington state through Montana and never been stopped or inspected!

 

That's been my experience too. Those new guys always feel the need to prove themselves. Not always tho our small town has a cop younger than me who's real laid back. Coming back Bob tailing one night my rear lights were out and got out lit up. Young gun just told me put my 4 ways on let me be on my way

 

With reflective tape on the flaps and the back of the tractor you were still easy to see. Just gotta use your hands.

 

If the scales are portable, they can just pack them up and follow me to my destination.

 

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