Mystery of the weigh stations?

Most of us had an idea that this went on, anyhow. Funny, yes, but they're still rat bastages for playing with our livelihood for their entertainment.

 

Man, I thought I was the only one

 

yup. that's why i drive a truck and not in the hall monitor career

 

I can't think of anymore Do's to add other than what has already been mentioned, but here is a list of don'ts I can think of.
1. Do not raise your middle finger or moon the person in the scale house when passing through.
2. Do not leave Budweiser container on dash when crossing the scale.
3. Do not wear a cowboy hat.
4. Do not roar up to the scale at 40 mph and slam on your brakes.
5. Do not toss urine jug out the window when crossing scale.

 

It's not your imagination.

A few observations on the redacted report below from last week. I chose that week since it was a busy one for both trucks, with a lot of passes thru GA scales, along with a smattering of some neighboring states for contrast.

Q: What's the best way to get a PrePass green light in Georgia?
A: Pass those scales when they're closed.

Going over a few recent weeks, I'd say the ratio on open Georgia scales red/green is about 80/20, usually flagged AllTrucksIn. Well, except for that time a few months back when they backed up I-75 SB for about 3 miles at the Ringgold scale and caused a fatality. They got generous with green lights for a couple weeks after that one. Every other state is about 5/95 red/green.

I don't see Louisiana as particularly red light crazy. There's just a scale on every corner. So the odds are a little better just on numbers. At least for us anyway. The week pictured didn't take either of us to LA. Those statistics are just off the top of my head from earlier. We're semi-regular out to TX so do get to visit the LA scales often enough.

In Georgia my son's truck was logged twice at closed scales and the flag is NoLight. So kids, just remember when making logbook corrections: don't think you weren't detected and recorded just because the PrePass doesn't light up or beep when you pass a closed scale. Those waskawy wabbits can make it work like that on purpose.

Sometimes the PrePass faults and doesn't signal in the cab. My truck did that in the report at a VA scale. I didn't just pull in on a green light to say "hey." I approached and pulled in since the PrePass didn't go off at all. It had apparently registered with the scale nonetheless.

So there you have it. A few PrePass secrets exposed.

 

The drivers livelihood is not on the line because a scalemaster wants to play..your livelihood is on the line if you (the driver) fail to do a proper pretrip and drive into an inspection with needed repairs..if your truck has issues expect to get wrote up..if you have a blue tanker,that is not a violation...Can they (target) ? of course they can..and they ALLWAYS DO...CYA and you have nothing to worry about..