Please don't argue, you have no power.

He will probably get off the charges in a best scenario but I hope it’s a lesson learned.

 

Looks like the 4th amendment doesn’t apply to truck drivers.

 

well even though you gave out some information, and held back on more, i'd go with my gut feeling that whatever else they found in the truck, got him in deeper.

i nary believe in second chances, and he'd be fired, i could care less about him, if he had cost me money to go and shag the equipment.

i too have been pulled over by cops, mostly however in my pesonal vehicle for going a "wee bit" fast.

happened to me at least 4 times....!!....(i'm a slow learner myself)



all the time, yes ALL THE TIME, when the cops asked me how fast i was going, then they tell me the speed limit, i'd admit i was wrong and should HAVE KNOWN BETTER, especaily with my CDL, and that i was sorry for not paying attention.

I WAS ALWAYS let off with a warning......!!

when i was in oxen cart driving school, one of the MANY lessons we were taught was that 99.9 % of the times, you're troubles START...when you open your mouth"...

i always treat the law people with respect, i was brought up that way....to RESPECT people.

and doing so, got me out of tickets..

 

I can definitely say with complete confidence that not all cops are bad. This was before I got my CDL back in 2016. I was pulled over for speeding 70 in a 55 in my homestate of NC. When the state trooper asked did I know why I was pulled over, I replied Yes sir I do. I was going 70 in a 55 zone and should not have done it. There is no excuse for it. He said ok and got my license and registration and went back to the patrol car. Fifteen minutes later, he came back and told me that was writing me a ticket for 64 in a 55 to avoid a mandatory court appearance and to let me pay it off. He was really cool about the situation and told me that most people would just lie through their teeth when getting pulled over. I replied, well sir if I know I have done wrong, I will admit to it. I also said that I have a heavy lead foot too. He told me that he had a 1970 Challenger with a 413 Max Wedge engine swapped in and we could go to a drag strip to help me with my lead foot. I took him up on it and since then I have had the utmost respect for cops. I just happened come across one that day that was a good fellow and he taught me a valuable lesson. When you fess up to your wrong doings, things are right much easier on you. I know this is a long reply but I felt that it was relevant to the original post.

 

I think your story teaches a fundamental lesson all drivers would do well to remember. Don't argue with cops unless 1) you are right, and 2) you can win.

 

I have met good ones great ones and bad ones alike. I have also argued a point several times when I know I am right, more so with dot than leo, and won every time when I make them show me in the book. It sometimes takes a while for them to find it, so be prepared to wait. I even had one smart alek dot apologize to me after I got tired of his remarks and went off on him, proving him wrong, one and only time I have had one apologize for wasting my time.
I will always show respect to start with, how we proceed is up to them, I will always tell them I know I broke the law if I did, but I also don't need a lecture.
I have never been arrested , but have gone to court and on to jail for refusing to pay a fine I was not guilty of. I will never pay them if I am not guilty, period.

That said I had a driver get arrested for an unpaid traffic ticket in Co. I paid the 1000 bail to get him released and did not truly belive that he had paid the ticket, until several years later.
I was ticketed by the dot on 70 west of denver, one of them funny deals, driver you need to shift that load, do you happen to know where I can get someone to bring a forklift out here on sunday. Yep sure thing, just BACK over there to that building and he will come out and fix this for you, hmmm, that is prtty handy isn't it,
Yep it sure is and he makes money too. lol
Anyway, I paid the fine that day, a year later I had a warrant out for me in Co, I proved I paid the fine, probably 10 times, they always admitted I paid my fine, even sent me a letter stating I did, but still refused to with draw the warrant. I had to carry a copy of that letter in my truck for several years.

 

I-40 west bound all lanes block near exit 7. nc/tn line. rock slide

 

So the moral is? “If you pay above average wages you get above average drivers and if you don’t you don’t”

 

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