What’s With Trucks Bypassing Weigh Stations?

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  1. wore out

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    You gotta imagining things, I don’t know anyone that would just drive by one like it isn’t there. I mean if people just drive by then that means the whole deal is just a waist of taxpayer dollars.
     
  2. Sirscrapntruckalot

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    Let's not give them any more reason to do such.

    We all know politicians and their ilk love to find new ways to waste tax payer money.

    It's probably a good thing we're not allowed to ask where our tax money goes...
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    Far as bypassing weigh stations an what not.....Not my truck, not my wallet, not my ticket, not my business.

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    I would absolutely never blow by a weigh station on the interstate being I am an upstanding citizen.

    I will blow by the weigh station on a side road or state route. Screw the “man”!!!!!!
     
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    The outlaws have returned,,,by gar, it's been a while,,:bootyshake:
     
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    I wondered about that.

    The two scales where I do most of my running are well known for chasing people, so I pull in regardless of what appears on the Drivewyze. Also, I have a bit of a history with one in particular of “MD’s finest” who works out of the nearby State Police barracks and I figure if anybody would come after me he would, Drivewyze or not.
     
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    I have had the same thing happen to me in the past. I received the bypass on my Drivewyze app and the sign said to pull in. Once I got to the office at the weigh station the officer seemed offended that I even had to ask. If the app says bypass then go on ahead. The app keeps a history of bypass and pull-in that can be shown to an inspecting officer.
     
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    Umm........yeah,.......whatever......
     
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    Most states have some brand of prepass-like device. It's unusual for a weigh station to NOT have some electronic bypass system.
     
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    I blow past the agricultural weigh station in Florida every time I visit. have been for atleast a year. No prepass or anything. nothing has happened. I'm quite certain the weigh station knows our company doesn't haul agricultural product so it's a waste of time. sometimes I see car haulers going in. like what are you doing man? you have cars
     
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    I let off a few rounds as I pass, just so they know what they're in for if they want to chase.