Must read!!!! Stopped by FL DOT yesterday....

I once got stopped towing a 5 foot long utility trailer behind my station wagon full of kids... and told I had to drive the "truck" speed limit, by a state trooper. That a trailer of any kind made me a "truck" in the definition of the law. It was, of course, totally BS.

But he didn't give me a ticket, even though I was 4 over the "car" speed limit of 65 or 70 (don't remember what it was at the time), meaning I was 14 or 19 over the "truck" limit.

 

im curious....were you awarded driver of the year or is that just a handle?

 

There is the problem.. They make the stuff up... Say it all about safety when in fact is about revenue..

 

Anybody have any figures on this? What are states like NY paying for DOT enforcement officers, and what are their revenues from fines? My guess is that the fines don't even begin to cover the expenses.

 

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Not true, where it originates, terminates, & travels through matter. See 49 CFR part 390.5: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=390.5

 

They control your income everyday through regulation...

 

When they write a $200 ticket for your washers not having any fluid in it and give you 8 points for it.. It isn't about safety anymore.. I understand brakes.. Wheel seals, oil leaks at a point.. You know safety things but when a man does his pre trip and a headlight goes out between point a and b officer stops you and says.. Hey buddy you have a headlight out you reach in the side box and fix it an he writes a you a ticket where the f is the safety in that.. It is REVENUE.. He is filling his quota numbers whatever you wanna call it and yes they have them.. Had a family member lose his job because he didnt write enough tickets..

 

I see nothing there that contradicts me.

The purchaser of what you're moving may be engaged in INTERSTATE commerce... but YOU are engaged in intrastate transportation.

 

You know governments from the beginning of time have had laws that regulate what you can and cannot do. No government just leaves citizens alone. This is not a political statement it is a simple, descriptive, historical fact. A certain segment of the American population has this fantastic notion of personal liberty that is truly absurd and unworkable. As soon as I am engaged in public actions that could have a negative impact on others government has the right and was actually created to insure that I am not harming other people. I still feel that I live in the land of the free. Government does not interfere with my beliefs, where I live, what I say, what I think, and with most of what I do. It does interfere with my life when I go to get a truck driving job. It says I need a CDL, a drug test, and a medical card. And when I am driving down the road it says I need to obey speed limits, and operate within certain parameters of time, and it holds me responsible for using safe equipment. It is neanderthal to think we can all live in some perfect state of total freedom without a government to regulate public activities that could have an effect on other citizens. Call we weird, but I don't see the government as an alien entity out to get me, but as something we have created to serve the public good. I agree that sometimes it does that badly or stupidly, but they are not violating the Constitution or my personal freedoms when they regulate trucking. If a DOT officer does something stupid, mean, or illegal report him or her and sue 'em. Personally, I have never met a DOT officer who was uncivil to me, or did anything more than carry out their duty.