Portable Scale Ticketed

Here’s what happened. Went down a two lane highway. We saw the scale sign and the arrow, pointing to a gravel pull off with no one there. So we kept driving, as soon as we passed through intersection we look and see the portable down a residential street. Not Main Street, I mean just houses, like a street you live on. We didn’t stop. We get to next town and get pulled over dragged back to nearest scale and ticketed for “bypassing” portable.
Can they legally set up on a residential street?

 

More info: the scale sign was at least 500 to 600 feet in front of the street it was on.
Nearly two blocks down residential street.

It’s only a 69 dollar ticket, but I swear they make some of these “rules” up as they go.

 

Wiley Colorado. 7th street and Ward. Around 11am.

 

Yes

 

No that’s the stupid part.
After passing it we went directly to 385 in town and that is where we got stopped.
The local officer who stopped us stated we skipped the scale. I explained why. He said well where you planning on going back and scaling? I said if that is what will end this BS.
So not only did we get escorted through town.
We got to scale at the northbound port get our ticket and then turn around and scale again on the southbound port.