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Yeah, first ticket

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by drifter789, Apr 24, 2009.

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  1. Apr 24, 2009 #1
    drifter789

    drifter789 Bobtail Member

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    Was driving east bound on 94 in Michigan, around 3:30am. and I was getting a little sleepy. So I decided to stop and take a quick nap, but the rest area and a few of the truck stops on 94 were packed. So I parked on an off ramp and crawled in the bunk. About 30 minutes later I heard someone knocking on my door and it was a State Trooper. He asked what I was doing and I told him that I was getting tired and needed a break. So he wrote me a ticket for illegal parking on a ramp.

    Yeah, first ticket...
     
    drifter789, Apr 24, 2009
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  3. Apr 24, 2009 #2
    Crotts Trucking

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    Not a big ticket, but if you run the area regularly, it would be worth taking to court. I have got out of a few (3) Traffic related tickets by pleading not guilty, and showing up to trial, only to have the ticketing officer not show up. Thrown out automatically.
     
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  4. Apr 24, 2009 #3
    panhandlepat

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    illegal to drive tired....illegal to park on the ramp.....
    ###### if ya do....... or don't:biggrin_25513:
    i'd also take an illegal parking ticket over safety any day.
     
    panhandlepat, Apr 24, 2009
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  5. Apr 24, 2009 #4
    Biscuit75

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    I've done that in Michigan before on that stretch because there are not many places to stop and nap. I put out triangles and when the cop woke me up I said I was waiting for the repair truck. Slept a few hours, then on my way I went.
     
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  7. Apr 24, 2009 #5
    panhandlepat

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    that's thar's a good idear driver!:biggrin_25525:
     
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  8. Apr 25, 2009 #6
    psanderson

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    Your civil penalty (fine) will probably be $80.00.

    From a retired federal DOT official
     
    psanderson, Apr 25, 2009
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  9. Apr 25, 2009 #7
    Roadmedic

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    No guarantee that it will be civil. If the ramp is marked with a sign, then it might be classed as disobeying a traffic device. Wrong, but possible.
     
    Roadmedic, Apr 25, 2009
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  10. Apr 29, 2009 #8
    drifter789

    drifter789 Bobtail Member

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    For what it's worth, the ticket is going to cost me $40.00

    Dave
     
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  11. Apr 29, 2009 #9
    Ridgerunner665

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    Thats what I got in VA...on ramp to I 77 South from I 81 North in Wythville is where I was parked.

    Failure to obey highway sign...there was no betting out of it either.
     
    Ridgerunner665, Apr 29, 2009
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  12. Apr 29, 2009 #10
    dirtyoldman

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    yeah there is....

    I got a 92 in a 55 in VA on 81. Paid a lawyer $300 and he did everything for me, I did not have to go back to VA. He got it reduced to a equipment violation and I got a $400 fine.


    K
     
    dirtyoldman, Apr 29, 2009
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