Weigh Stations

We were hauled in on a regular basis,

Installed transponders and over a couple of weeks of clean inspections the red light diminished. Now once a month as an average,

,,, Philip

 

Had to pull in the EB Manchester, TN scale one evening. Got weighed and had to pull around back and bring in paperwork for some reason(was a light load and the company ran e-logs). He went over my permits and B/L and found out I was on e-log, so he never questioned my hours. When he was done, I was just curious why he chose me, and why he had prepass to 'all in' this late on a rainy evening. His answer... he was bored, was seeing a large percentage of bypass trucks, so he gave himself something to do. He was cool and professional about it, as was I...he sent me on my way and went about selecting his next candidate to entertain him.

 

#1 rule in law enforcement "never let the public come to expect to be overlooked and given a pass each and every time. Keep them wondering at least enough to keep most of them honest"

 

Couldn't tell ya'. I'd go an hour out of my way to get around them, unless some sick person, or perhaps a cop,( yes, they have CB's too) says the coop is all locked up, only to find they were open ( that happened to me several times) Like others say, I think it's just to catch a visual, as, I'm sure, they know everything else about you these days..

 

WI also likes to open and close all day, so unless no one is home at the coop theres really no way to know if they will open in the next 5 minutes or so.

 

In Cali theres like 5-6 scales that are guaranteed to be open 24/7.. the rest are hit and miss. W/B Tehachapi closes around 1 am or so.

 

If it's Fort Collins, CO, it's because the scale master wants to read you his latest poem, but just realized the meter of the last stanza doesn't work.

 

I think the border patrol checkpoints are the most useless.
"Are you a U.S. Citizen?"
- No, I'm a Twinkie.
"Okay, have a nice day."

 

A malfunction has happened here.

I donated blood in high school...

The guy asked me if I was pregnant. (I'm a guy. It isn't hard to tell.)

Couldn't resist... "Wha?! How'd you know?! I was trying to hide it!"

My uncle was asked if he was human... He replied with, "No, I'm a homosapien."

...they thought that meant he was gay.