Up To Date Logbook ?

Could you list the states that do this?

 

I am sooooo suprised that you do not know this answer.....I thought you knew everything,



wyoming

New Mexico asks for Registration

California sometimes asks for bills at the port of entry.

California also inspects the highest percentage of trucks of any other state.....you have a valid inspection from your state, yet California inspects and stickers your truck anyway.....


K

 

I know Oregon is a Stickler about one of the permits you get specifically from their state they check arround camp pendlelton alot

 

just poking at her, she claimed she kept up on all rules, etc for her husband, so I was surprised she never heard about the states that check permits....


I think I missed Louisianna, only been there once but they asked to see permits there too, while crossing the scale.

 

Yea, I was asked for bills, logbook and permits there in Louisiana.

 

Just so you know I do keep up on the HOS and log book info for my hubby etc, I never claimed to know everything nor to know all the particulars for OTR for every state. I simply asked the question so that others who view this thread might learn something they were not aware of. I know all states stop trucks to check them out, I have just NEVER heard of a state that stops every truck. Asking for permits/info at a scale is not stopping a truck to check it out, the way you posted it sounded like a particular state was known for stopping trucks on the road.

Being rude to other posters is not allowed on this forum just so you know.

 

I am sorry, I also thought you were calling BS, on my statement. Like you were asking me to prove something you did not think was true.



K

 

I know people who's job it is to keep on top of the rules, regulations, the state laws, etc. and they still cannot ever know it all.

I don't travel out west any longer, and haven't in 11 years, so I certainly do not know what states out there are doing what....

And please...be careful about poking "fun" at any woman, and especially those who are moderators in these forums. The two ladies we have in here have fine senses of humor, and they can take a little ribbing just like anyone else, but because there are men out here who for some odd reason, have any problem with a woman interested in trucking, or who is married to another driver, we have had some rather snide comments posted, and it's a sensitive issue lately.

To your credit, I just looked back and saw the smilie face you posted, which tells me you probably weren't being sarcastic at all....but remember, sometimes typewritten words don't always convey what one is trying to say or the way it was meant, so the next time...use three more smilies...so we ALL know...

 

I assure you, that anytime an automobile is stopped by an officer, all pertanent information is run on the vehicle and the driver through relevant databases before a motorist is turned loose.

Yes, this is different than what we have to go through in some states, but you really don't want an unregistered truck, with no permits, or insurance on the highways, do you?

We drive 80,000 pound bullets. I want every last one of them guided by sober and drug free people.

I do want to take a little issue with how you have worded that above though. At no time have I ever been asked by a law enforcement officer to subject to a chemical test.

The only instance where I am aware that this would occur, is in the case of a serious accident, involving serious injury or death. Even then, it would likely be as a result of probable cause. It is not an automatic thing done, in any state that I am aware of BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. Your company is required to have you tested as soon as possible following a DOT reportable accident.

Most speed laws enacted in disfavor of trucks are in response to a level of serious accidents involving trucks, or recklessness of drivers of them. Tennessee is one state that is actively amending speed limits for trucks in response to EPA requests to do so. Look for more of this to be tried elsewhere.

We need to face some facts. It's bad enough when there are drivers of automobiles that speed, tailgate, or drive in reckless manners. When a truck does those things, and if something goes horribly wrong, someone is lilely to die because of it.

How many speeding and/or tailgating trucks do you see on an average day? I see at least a hundred or more. It's out of control. People, and especially some truckers, are not content to drive at the posted speed limits. They are constantly testing the tolerances.

And nothing ticks off the public more than to have a dope in a big truck plant themselves near the rear of their trunk as a form of intimidation. They are fearful when a truck breezes by at 80 mph, and see that the driver cannot hold the truck in the lane they are in.

I'm personaly sick of some of the stuff I see these, so called "professionals" do on a daily basis.

So what? Maybe I'm missing something, but what could a driver have in his cab that he would be afraid for someone to see?

Again, in the 28 years that I have been out here, I was searched one time. I was as mad as a wet hen when it happened, because the officer was complete jerk about it, and he removed things from my briefcase on that day. I got over it. It ended better than it began.

We live in the year 2006, where bad people do bad things, and unfortunately, because a few bad companies, who have hired and continue to hire a few bad drivers, who have from time to time committed some bad things in the course of operating a big truck, this is the fate we suffer.

There are only a few areas of the country where it is specifically unlawful to have a firearm in ANY vehicle. New York City is the most widely known area that this is true. There is no Federal ban on firearms in a CV. We've covered this a few times in here. If carried in the proper manner, it may be perfectly legal to have a firearm or other weapon, mainly the criteria being that neither is within reach of the driver from the driver's seat. Ammunition must not be in the same place as the firearm.

I have never heard of anyone being handed a preventable charge if a vehicle crossed the center line and hit them.

The ATA criteria in regard to preventable and non-preventable accidents, which is the most widely used criteria is simple enough.

A preventable accident is one in which the driver failed to do everything that reasonably could have been done to avoid the accident. In other words, when a driver commits errors and/or fails to react reasonably to the errors of others, the investigation will likely conclude the accident to be preventable.

When a driver commits no errors and reacts reasonably to the errors of others, the investigation will likely conclude the accident to be non-preventable.

I don't agree with everything that we are subjected to, but I realize at the same time that it's always the bad apples in a barrel that spoil it for all of us.

Until pride, respect, and responsibility returns to the industry, expect it to get worse before it gets better.