The few times I missed a weigh station, I stopped on the shoulder just past the scale house, in case they were going to chase me. I sat there for 10 minutes and then left when there was no one coming after me. I once accidentally missed the MD scale house on I-495, the next time I missed it "by accident".
Get in the right lane before the scale house and don't pass until you pass the in-ramp.
What do you do if you go past weigh station?
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Pssss, don't tell anybody this, but I used to "miss" the Maryland coops on the DC Beltway a lot. The way that thing was made the coop could not see the Beltway. I later learned most of the time during the day nobody was watching the video feed.
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Ya’ll act like it’s a huge accomplishment and deserve a cookie or a pat on the back when you run a scale and didn’t get caught lmao
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Hammer Down!! I’ve missed quite a few. Been chased down twice. Hope Arkansas made me go back and weigh, then cut me a break. The best memory is in Michigan. Just back from vacation, bobtailing to p/u a load. I saw the arrow, but slowly crawled away. Lol. Hadn’t done my log book. Chased me down. I blamed it on sun glare. Asked for log book. Told him I just got back from vacation at Disneyland, Running late and didn’t have time. I told the truth, it paid off. He started talking about his family vacation at Disneyland. It was strange. Like I’d made a new friend. Lol. Let me go. I left still running off log.
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Funny story, my first time out west, started making good time and seen all the backs of these trailers, so I got in the left lane and flew by them - with a sinking feeling in my gut when I got right beside the Scale house, about that time my trainer pops out of the sleeper and Said what the hell did you just do? Me: I dunno, I'm the greenhorn, you're the trainer. Got lucky and no chase cars came after us. Hey, got an excellent spot at the truck stop! LoL
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