Fw: [AT] DOT Question
charlie hill
chill8 at suddenlink.net
Sun Dec 31 19:45:14 PST 2006
>I agree James. A State Trooper would have busted my rear end. That
>particular city cop was an idiot and wasn't particularly interested in
>doing his job to begin with. The topic just reminded me of it and I
>decided to share the story.
>
> Also today it would be much different that when that happened. It was
> about 25 years ago. Medical cards, bills of lading, etc were not even an
> issue.
>
> Happy New Year
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Bray" <brayherbs at msn.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 8:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] DOT Question
>
>
>> Hey, Charlie,
>>
>> I drive a semi to allow me to keep farming, and I have noticed that there
>> is quite a difference in enforcement between the officers involved. If
>> the arresting officer is a town or county cop, chances are you can reason
>> with the man or woman wearing the badge. If it is a state trooper, you
>> will probably get ticketed, and you will likely have to show all
>> registration, your personal license, your medical card, your bills of
>> lading, updates of vehicle inspection if they are in an inquisitive mood,
>> and you might be invited to take your truck to the nearest scale for a
>> weigh-in.
>>
>> I got stopped by a state trooper one night because the rear van in a
>> doubles combo had lost its lights as I passed the guy. The night was
>> very cold and the pigtail had pulled out of the socket. An hour later we
>> had completed several of the inspections mentioned above. He hadn't
>> asked me to scale it, but the rookie cop who was with him was set to
>> right me up for a log violation because I hadn't entered my last two
>> hours.
>>
>> The senior cop was all set to watch him do that when I informed the
>> youngster that the DOT regs allowed me ten minutes to bring my log up to
>> date without violation if the book was within twelve hours of being
>> current. Rookie looked at his partner who grudgingly nodded that I was
>> right.
>>
>> Don't mess with troopers in any state. They tend to be knowledgeable and
>> tough.
>>
>>
>>>From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
>>>Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>Subject: Re: [AT] DOT Question
>>>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:34:48 -0500
>>>
>>>About 30 years ago I bought a GMC cab over tractor. One of those
>>>aluminum cabs that was commonly called a "cracker box". I had been
>>>driving for someone else and this was my first try at "owner operator".
>>>
>>>I wrote the guy a check for it, called my insurance agent and told him to
>>>cover it for me and headed for home with no plates. I got to the local
>>>truck stop where all of us parked our trucks. When I walked in the
>>>store a friend of mine said "come on, you've got a load to haul.". I
>>>told him I couldn't go that I didn't have any license.
>>>He said "you aren't going to turn down your first job are you?"
>>>It was about 6 in the afternoon. I thought for a second and decided he
>>>was right. I shouldn't turn down my first job and off I went.
>>>
>>>The tractor had belonged to a contractor and he just hadn't been using
>>>it. The plate on the front had been expired for about 3 years.
>>>We went down the road about 20 miles and I hooked to a van loaded with
>>>veneer that belonged to Georgia Pacific. About 4 hours later I was
>>>following the other guy through the small town of Ahoskie NC. He cut a
>>>yellow light. I didn't know where we were going. The guy was a good guy
>>>but a bit of a practical joker and I knew he wouldn't wait for me so I
>>>ran the red. The streets were rolled up in that little town and there
>>>wasn't a car in sight except that cop that was hiding behind a bush.
>>>
>>>The cop was a young guy. He ran the plate on the trailer an he kept
>>>asking me who owned the truck. I kept telling him I did. He kept
>>>telling me the plate came back to Georgia Pacific Corp. I kept telling
>>>him that was the trailer plate. He kept asking me where the tractor
>>>plate was. I told him on the tractor. I never told him it was supposed
>>>to be on the front of the tractor. I never told him the title hadn't
>>>been transfered yet. I just kept telling him the tractor plate was on
>>>the tractor. He never got out to look. He was scratching his head. I
>>>was standing in the street. He was sitting in his cruiser with the FM
>>>radio turned up so he could hear his music. Finally I said. "Look, I
>>>was following that truck in front of me. I don't know where to unload
>>>without following him and now he's gone and I'm lost. That's why I ran
>>>the light to begin with. If you're going to write me a ticket figure out
>>>what you're going to write it for and get it done. Otherwise let me go so
>>>I can get back to work." Danged if he didn't tell me to go ahead!
>>>
>>>About 20 miles up the road where I needed to turn the other guy was
>>>sitting by the road waiting for me.
>>>
>>>Charlie
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
>>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 1:45 AM
>>>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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