How to fight a over weight ticket in CA ?

If you don't have a certified weight ticket you have nothing to go by. Even with one it's an uphill battle, but without it you have nothing to argue with that has any legal standing.

 

Sorry it couldn't be better news. I'm a bit confused, you said it is a 70' scale but it adds/subtracts as you pull on? You can't stop with the whole truck on the scale and get individual axle group weights? If not then I'd stop as each axle gets weighed and write the numbers myself to double check the scale ticket. Also, I'm really curious to know how did your gross weight compare to what you weighed and what CHP weighed?

 

Oh, the OSHA points? I'm pretty sure they meant CSA, OSHA does not assess any points against individual drivers. You should ONLY get CSA points assessed against you if an inspection form is written up. If all you got was an overweight violation and it was not written on an inspection form then you should be okay.

 

I fought one in tx .I didn't have a chance to scale it at the truck stop.but I did after I got the ticket .I called the number on the citation told them I got a over wieght ticket when I wasn't .they asked if I had proof to mail it in.a week or two later was dismissed.I the time I had those services that supposed to help u fight tickets.they wanted to charge me. An extra hundred $ to do the same thing I did.and I was a rookie less than a month on the road.

 

I'm pretty sure overweight tickets do not affect your CSA score.

By chance what scale did you get popped at? Donner or the one in Vallejo? I hate running across them, even when I am 100% legal.. they make me nervous.

The scale we have at work needs a second or two to settle and get an accurate reading. Did you wait a few seconds between putting the axle on and then getting a reading. That could affect it as well.

And were you dragging a set or a box?

 

doesnt go to Cali due to paying more then my share of bougus tickets.last one for bubbles on a pitttman arm....25.00 and csa points.good riddance Cali

 

??? What are bubbles on a pitman arm?