[AT] DOT Question

[Paul Waugh]

Ha ha, yep been there done that, about 2 yrs ago, kept my mouth shut and it
still cost me good, man was that trooper pissed from word go.

Paul W

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Subject: Re: [AT] DOT Question

You were lucky, AS USUAL.... I usually got the guy who's wife was 
screwing around behind his back, his favorite dog just got hit by a 
truck and he had cold coffee to drink...


Francis Robinson wrote:
> 	So far I have found most cops to be pretty reasonable including DOT.
Of
> course there are always a few that are a 4-wheeled ego trip but not that
> many.
> 	Some years ago I was pulled over by a lady DOT officer while on
US-41 over
> on Indiana's south west coast that was so pretty that she was almost hard
to
> talk to.   ;-)   She was just wanting to know why the ton dually PU didn't
> have a plate. I explained that it was plated as a semi apportioned out of
> Iowa and that I had left the trailer at the test plot site. I showed her
the
> paper work and said the truck plate was on the front as we were instructed
> to mount it. She went up front to look and oops... I did not know that the
> guy I was working with had mounted the "oversized load" sign right over
the
> top of it.   ;-)   She was quite good-natured about it and after she
> determined that it was in fact there she let me go on without even asking
me
> to move the sign.
> 	Another time on Indiana's south east coast a lady DOT officer
noticed that
> the company had allowed our plate to expire. She wrote me a ticket that I
> paid out of pocket to keep the rig out of impound. She then told me that
she
> was required to tell me that I must proceed to the next exit and park the
> rig and call for someone to come and get me. She then spoke very quietly
and
> said that she had to tell me that but that she definitely would not radio
> ahead and let anyone know I was going that way. She said that if I got
> stopped on down the road that I would get another ticket but whether I
> parked or drove on home was really up to me...   I made tracks for home...
> ;-)   The Iowa office paid me back for the ticket.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> "farmer"  -  ***** H A P P Y   H O L I D A Y S *****
> 
> If you cut a tree plant at least two to replace it...
> 
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
> 
> 
> 
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