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?
Inaccurate information on level 3 inspection. No citation.
Discussion in 'Trucker Legal Advice' started by J45iv, Jan 25, 2023.
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Leave it alone and be glad you didn't get a ticket!
rabbiporkchop Thanks this. -
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?D.Tibbitt Thanks this. -
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.
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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 citationSnailexpress and Bean Jr. Thank this. -
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 -
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