Just some of the stupid things I see

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  1. Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    What I would really like to see is all of us who are stating "legal opinions" back them up with some type of statute being cited.
     
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  3. wsyrob

    wsyrob Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Not trying to get into a pissing contest either but I do have one question. Why do you feel the need to mail your receipts home to yourself while running 100% legal? Wouldn't it be easier to just keep a file in the truck for tax purposes?
     
  4. RenegadeTrucker

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    As it is my understanding a LEO can not open a stamped sealed envalope with out a court order unless there is sufficent probable cause, for instance, you have an envalope filled full of something other than paper that has the texture and consistancy of narcotics, or drug paraphanalia such as a pipe or syringe.

    I cant immagining a judge accepting the argument of "Well I asked him for recipts, he said they had been mailed, but he had sealed envalopes containing stamps in the truck so I opened them and found the recipts in question"
     
  5. blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    I always have...It takes up less room in the truck when it's not in the truck.
     
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    Oh come on man, having owned one I can tell you that the 72" sleeper on your W9 has an abundance of storage space, and im sure you just dont know what to do with all of the extra room you have... *scarcasm*
     
  7. wsyrob

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    I understand. Habits die hard. It just seems like a lot of trouble for 9" X 11" X 3" of space that an accordion type file would take up. Plus they would already be sorted the way you need them for taxes.
     
  8. blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    My kid get them and takes them to the CPA that I use every few weeks and he takes care of all of that...Because I am not a good file clerk.

    No trouble at all to mail it home every week.
     
  9. Roadmedic

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    I did not say it would be opened. I said it could be.

    There was a post on this forum quite a long while ago where his mail was opened during a search. I do not remember whether it was sealed or not.

    All I stated is that the envelope is not considered to be part of the US Mail until it is dropped in the mail box. When do you consider a letter mailed? When you stamp it?

    I asked a friend who worked at the Post office many years ago and that is what he stated.

    Whatever contest you refer too, is a two party thing.

    But, I am only referring to personal experience as well.

    I mail condifential information to clients which is of no business to any law enforcement officer when it is in the truck. It is the reason I asked for advice conderning the material.
     
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    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    Same reason I mail them home, so that they are in one place when I get to look at them.

    Wish more clients thought ahead like this.
     
  11. blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    Another reason that I do that...I don't want some guy ('cause that's all a cop really is is just "some guy" with a badge) rootin' through all of my paperwork.
    It's none of his business!
    If I get audited or rather, If the carrier that I'm leased to gets audited, All of the necessary documentation will be there for the auditor to see...I don't need some clown that has little or no idea what he's even looking at goin' through it on the side of the road and lookin' for anything that "he" in his all seeing wisdom finds that he thinks is improper.
    Because with CSA2010 looming on the horizon a misinterpretation of some piece of paper by some guy with a badge can cost me a lot more than aggravation and a small amount of inconvenience while I prove him to be wrong.
    Now it will count against me whether I'm right or wrong.

    These are my documents and are my business and they are not subject to arbitrary inspection by any dunce with a badge that thinks he needs to see them!
     
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