Inaccurate information on level 3 inspection. No citation.

I got a level 3 inspection on Connecticut in my cmv. The officer pulled me over saying I was trying to go around a weigh station after getting on exit . The weigh station was a few miles ahead I did not know it was there. I had scaled at the shipper so I knew it wasnt overweight.On the level 3 inspection he got me for trying to go around the weigh station and false logs. Took a 34 hour reset in the sleeper birth when I should have been off duty according to the officer. The dates for the false logs on the inspection are wrong in accordance to my eld for what he was trying to get me for. There was no citation, just a warning and put it on the inspection. My company isn't trying to do anything. Is there anything I can do to dispute it?

 

Leave it alone and be glad you didn't get a ticket!

 

So why was you going around the scales?
You didn’t have a good answer for taking the ramp?
Enjoying the countryside and thinking of buying a house, but if you keep harassing me for wanting to enjoy your lovely state forget about it, I wouldn’t buy any property here…
Nothing like that?

 

Maybe you should've told the DOT that the exit you got on was the one you needed to take in order to deliver. You must've not answered the officer properly so you let him assume otherwise.

 

Not sure how he could claim you falsified logs. I mean, no one is staying in their sleeper for an entire 34, but nothing says you didn’t stay in your sleeper and pee in bottles for the 34 hours. And, it doesn’t matter for a 34 anyways. Only time off duty vs sleeper matters is for a 7/3 or 8/2 split. I’ve had 5 inspections and never was once questioned about always using sleeper berth.

As far as ‘dodging’ the scale, were there any signs that said trucks must stay on interstate and pass the scales? They’re not common, but some states will have signage saying trucks may not exit.

I don’t know how easy they’d be to fight and get amended, but those ‘warnings’ are worse than actual citations sometimes. They carry points on your PSP still, but you can’t fight in court and DataQ it off your record like a citation

 

I'm more so curious about the wrong dates that was put on there for the false logs. I got other inspections, including a level 2 the following day never was 34 in the sleeper an issue. How do you challenge this if no citation was issued?

And as for the scale, I had got scaled at the shipper, with proof. Under 77k. I missed my exit and was trying to back track to a truck stop. No reason to want to avoid it, and no signs or indication that there was a scale ahead at this point. 4 miles from the scale

 

Nope, had a scale from shippervand all. Under 77k told him have no issue with getting scaled. Trying to back track to truck stop more so curious about the wrong dates being put on the inspection for the false logs. Said it happened 13th to 14th but it was the 14th to 15th for what he was talking about according to my elogs

 

Go to DataQs on the FMCSA site and submit a review/appeal about the violations. I’m not sure how much luck you’ll have with the dodging scale one, but you should be able to get the log violation dropped, which is a pretty big one for PSP points.

 

From my understanding data q has to be done by my company.

 

Has to be done by the company. Can't see why they wouldn't if everything(but dodging scale) is what you say.
It's their safety score taking a hit.