Gotta love DOT, set up at rest area in the middle of the night.

There's got to be some type of regulations put on DOT. I stopped for the night in the East Branch rest area
On 17 West in NY about 8pm last night . It was pretty full but I found a spot towards the end of the rest area
Near the exit . About Midnite DOT rolls in and sets up and starts inspecting trucks in the middle of the night.
Now this isn't a scale house ,it's a rest area with bathrooms . They do this pretty regularly and it's one of the reasons I don't like to stop there for the night. They must of woke up some trucks and told them to leave,because it was full and no place for them to set up when I went to sleep.I woke up around 5am to use the restroom and I started walking to the bathroom ,seen them a few trucks away inspecting them and just walked back to my truck and left. I keep my truck and paperwork up to par,I just don't like being F#%+%#
With,who does. I spoke to a friend of mine who got pulled in and he said they were in there at Midnite,and they are going to start heavily enforcing the ELD requirements again and that's why they were in there.They kind of backed off for awhile after heavily enforcing it when it was implemented. With overnite parking being tougher to find because of the ELD's ,and driver fatigue being a big safety concern ,do we really need
These clowns storming in in the middle of the nite like some swat team and harassing drivers trying to get some sleep,or taking up spots in the middle of the nite that could be used by an exhausted driver. There really should be some type of regulations on these clowns. They claim safety ,we know it's all about revenue and justifying there existence . I was coming down route 81 at 10:30 pm at nite last week and it was snowing and about 10 degrees out. They had the lights on at the Whitney point rest area and they're were about 6 DOT vehicles in there inspecting trucks and 2 chase cars at the entrance . Absolute over the top nonsense and a definite safety hazard. I know NY hired an additional 160 new DOT cops with the money the federal government gave them to implement the ELD mandate on top of the 600 they already have ,but this gung-ho in the middle of the night ######## in rest areas is ridiculous.

 

I'll have to check into that. I usually get home most nights
But was in the shop yesterday and was just tired,and close on hours so I pulled in there. They shouldn't be allowed in there at all after a certain time. Fixed scale houses I can see,but rest area's especially in the middle of the night should be off limits .

 

I don't know . I wondered what would happen if you just stayed in your sleeper and just ignored them. I know they would mess with you big time once you decided to come out or leave the rest area.I had friend who did that years ago. He was way overweight and DOT tried waking him up and weighing him in the middle of the night. He just kept quiet and stayed in the sleeper . It was in the spring and the truck wasn't running. He stayed in the sleeper all night and into the next day and they ended up leaving,not sure if there was anyone in the truck.lol!