Written warning from Highway Patrol, will it effect my record?

You better check with the state. I have a friend that got a warning for using his cell phone in Florida. The trooper told him it wouldn’t cost him anything, but the company would still get fined $500. They did and they passed it right on to my friend.

 

Well.. it could have been $7500 to him.. and $11,000 to the company

 

Just read an article last week how people were complaining about truck speeding and not being in the truck lanes on the 210, so the CHP has been doing a crack down and writing tickets and putting trucks out of service

 

Is that what those signs that read: NO TRUCKS IN THE LEFT LANE really mean? I thought they were just suggestions.

 

Wrong

 

Ironically the same drivers see the sign in construction zones that say trucks use left lane and they pass on the right . Lol

 

As I can only speak to what I have actually seen with my own eyes all I can add to this topic is I have NEVER seen a "warning" go any further than a trash can later on. I have heard many claims to the contrary, but never something I could see and/or verify! I have spoken to many cops in many states about this process as it relates to either a verbal or written warning. Citations on the other hand have a bottom section that varies from state to state but basically is a promise to appear. This means the officer has made a case. If anyone has a warning "ticket" that has a promise to appear on it would you be so kind as to redact it and show it to us? With this said I do know that a state officer can and DOES issue a Citation/Warning alongside an Inspection that is sent to the Feds! These WILL show on the CSA/PSP data. It's not because of the Citation/Warning issued, but because of the violation found on the inspection report. I will also add I do know of one warning issued in South Carolina that did start an investigation that got a company a civil fine to pay the state after the company was found to be in an administrative violation of state law!

Not trying to do a thread hijack but I can also add another persistent subject that I hear all the time. I have NEVER found in all of title 49CFR I have done searches using every search term I could think of in the process, all fruitless! "Those carriers MUST have a sleeper or have hotel receipts for OTR drivers"! Yes, I know all about 393.76 except I see no clear language that actually mandates sleepers be placed on a truck or any language about hotels. If someone knows of such a rule I would really appreciate it if you would link to it.

Another persistent subject goes "a DOT officer can't ticket you if your logs for today are not current" This is not much today because of ELDs, but it is in error! This is a misunderstanding of 395.13 (b) (3). There is NOTHING in that section that says a ticket can't be written! That code section says the DOT can't put you OOS for ONLY that violation! Apples and Oranges!

Anybody can come into these forums and claim they are the frickin Queen of Sheba, that's all it is, a claim! I have NEVER seen a warning with NO other paperwork go any further after the stop is concluded! If anyone has knowledge of such an occurrence would you be nice enough to provide some more information?

 

That's what I thought,,,