Ticket question

What if you weighed on empty tanks.
And now your tanks are full?

 

Curious as to what states these are?

 

Mainly coal production and transportation states.....West Virginia and Kentucky

 

Those trucks are already permitted well over the normal gross limit. Most states that permit over 80k gross have provisions on the permit that state exactly what happens if you’re over your permitted weight. For example, in UT you can be under your allowable gross but heavy on an axle group and simply get an axle ticket. But if you’re over your allowable gross then you lose your permit and your overweight ticket is written based on 80k gross. So let’s say you’re allowed 105k gross and you get caught at 106.5k. Your overweight ticket in UT would be for 26.5k over gross instead of 1500 pounds over.

In 24 years I’ve yet to ever have an overweight ticket show up on my driving record. You’re citing examples where states are trying to curb overweight trucks that are already able to run around at 100k gross or more. I feel it’s somewhat misinforming to say that you see overweights on driving reports everyday when for most of the industry it’s not the case. I remember when CSA2010 started and the rumor got going around that overweight tickets will hurt a carriers safety rating and that’s also not the case.

 

Not sure what to tell you, other than I actually review drivers actual Mars every work day, and I see OW violations with regularity. Most mvrs I see are CA, NV & AZ, maybe that’s why.

 

Ok, first it was coal country and now it’s these other states. I got a ticket in CA for overweight and not meeting their KPRA requirement and not a thing shows up on my MVR. I’ve also gotten overweight tickets in NV and AZ during that same time frame when I was hauling cattle and none of it is on my record or on the carrier’s authority that I use. Not to mention there was two months out of the year when I would get two overweight tickets per week in FL and pay the fine and move on. Overweight isn’t a moving violation so why would it be on your driving record? It’s the same as having a light out in the eyes of the FMCSA. So black out the important information and show me what you’re looking up to be able see all these violations every day.