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<p>[QUOTE="slow.rider, post: 11208330, member: 196102"]My truck driving school won the award for best in the state five years in a row, and here's what they taught us:</p><p><br /></p><p>If your company orders you to drive with violations, one thing you can do is pull in to the first open scalehouse you find, park out back by the inspection area, step inside, and inform them that your company ordered you to drive a truck with what you had deemed to be safety violations on your pretrip, and would friendly Mr. DOT officer please come outside and take a look at what you found, to help clear up the confusion because you don't think it's OK. What they'll do is inspect your truck and send all citations and fines to the company.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="slow.rider, post: 11208330, member: 196102"]My truck driving school won the award for best in the state five years in a row, and here's what they taught us: If your company orders you to drive with violations, one thing you can do is pull in to the first open scalehouse you find, park out back by the inspection area, step inside, and inform them that your company ordered you to drive a truck with what you had deemed to be safety violations on your pretrip, and would friendly Mr. DOT officer please come outside and take a look at what you found, to help clear up the confusion because you don't think it's OK. What they'll do is inspect your truck and send all citations and fines to the company.[/QUOTE]
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