Drove my the scale by mistake

Physical training!

He was back there doing his 10 minute ab workout.

 

Taking a power nap?

 

In the Northeast it's pretty easy to miss scales. One single non-illuminated "scale open" sign six feet off the ground on the right shoulder is often the entire warning. if a slow truck is in the right lane, almost everyone passing him misses the scale. One scale site on I 95 south in RI is in 24/7/365 "All trucks must stop" mode, yet those scales are very very rarely open.

 

If you didn't get pulled over, did you bypass the scale? If a tree falls in the woods, but nobody is there to hear it fall. Does it make sound.

 

thank goodness it wasnt a LOW clearance or bridge out ahead sign....LOL

 

If you ever pass a scale, you can avoid a lot of problems by pulling over before actually passing the coop completely. Pull over, walk inside and tell them that you missed the sign or could not get over in time to exit. Most of the time they will let you go or have you go to the next exit, turn around and come back through their scale. I pulled into the Roanoke (VA) scale on I-81 a few months ago when a Swift driver blew the scale. He slowed, but kept driving. I don't think that he intentionally missed the scale, but they pulled him over very quickly. He should have pulled over and gone inside the scale to explain. Since he didn't, he most likely received a very expensive reminder. Scale tickets can be rather expensive, especially in some states.

 

The man that taught me how to drive stressed really hard how important signs are. He had me read every single , solitary one (out-loud) that I could read while driving , even the little ones on overpasses that have the road numbers on 'em.... lots of times he would say what was that road number on that last overpass.....He did this while in the jump seat too......but he was my uncle so that makes a difference I guess , he didn't want to let a 16 year old kid kill both of us....still you might suggest to your "trainer" that you need to be trained , you're not there to pad his mileage pay....just saying. I'm retired now , and I STILL read signs...program your self to do it and it will become automatic...helps to keep you aware of every thing going on around you too...Good Luck!

 

First your so called trainer should of been up front in the jump seat. Not in the back doing his so called work out..

Then also you are not paying full attention to your driving. Good thing the sign did'nt say road closed, take next exit..

 

Pretty much as soon as I learned how to read, I'd drive my parents crazy by reading every single sign on the interstate, even those blue signs that tell what restaurants, gas stations, and hotels are at the next exit. To this day, I still do my best to read every sign (to myself though), to make sure I'm not missing any important information. It sounds like this skill (quirk?) will definitely pay off once I start driving a truck!