DOT rolls into repair shop lot to do inspections & issue tickets

Call the US Marshall's. Hahahaha
That is so wrong.
I thought the officer had to see the truck driving on a public road to issue a ticket like that.

 

That's far from the first time similar incidents have happened with DOT officers.
We had a driver in a brand new truck, first trip out with the truck. Texas DOT pulled him in for inspection.
DOT told the driver to raise the hood on the truck. Brand new engine and clean, no leaks anywhere.
The DOT officer kept pointing to gaskets and saying, "That one looks a little moist and will probably leak sometime."
He kept doing that and wrote $600.00 worth of oil leak tickets. The driver didn't have to pay them; the company paid them, because there were no leaks at all.
Really makes drivers despise those people.

 

(1) DO NOT play Rambo like CB and internet will tell you they would
(2) Record the entire encounter, state the time during the recording
(3) Take the ticket, and BE RESPECTFUL during the encounter
(4) Get the work completed, in the paperwork, ask for them to reference the time you began the process "checked in", as well as the time work was completed
(5) Get a lawyer and fight the citation.

Your other options are be a Richard, facing the potential of more aggression from the officers, or roll over and take it.

 

Lmao man these guys will do whatever it takes to make that money.

 

They make up their own rules.
I remember a few truckstops that had signs on the door, "No Dot Officers Allowed"
That sounds like a BS story, but I'm sure other older drivers can verify that.Those clowns used to cruise through truck stop parking lots looking for drivers to harass..Problem is, the truck stops were losing business because the word got out and many truckers wouldn't stop for fuel or meals, for fear of being harassed by DOT.

 

Given that you can hear his 4ways going, and that he knows why they are there before they exit the cruiser, they may have. He may have contacted BOSS shop en route and chose to limp it in, that's the problem with recordings you can start then from where you want to.

 

I listened to the video again. It was the Mutha trucker that said he was waiting for an hour. With your explanation about the 4 ways being on. It seems plausible that he just arrived.
Still I think it's wrong for the cop to give him a ticket in the parking lot.
I have limped a couple times for a tire repair. Sometimes, better than parking partially in a lane of traffic, waiting for roadside.

 

I agree completely about it being BS, and I have limped in more than once. Unfortunately operating it under these conditions is technically a violation that can be cited. It's amazing that making the safe decision can be the illegal one.

396.7 should be in play here, as this is the intended purpose of the regulation.