Survey - who has had a citation for RV overweight?
Details appreciated like where, details of weight, fine or jail time, did your rig get towed, were you handcuffed...
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cbshoestring wrote:
HANDCUFFED for being overweight?
I have been fined, slide the axles, moved on (no it was not WADCUTTER).
That was the normal procedure when over on axle. Take care of business and then on down the road.
I have been held for a period because another company driver owed a fine, so they confiscated my truck until the company paid up (still was not wadcutter).
Nope, never did that.
I have seen the unloading/reloading of trucks---right at the scale house. MIGHT have been WADCUTTER.
That we did if over on gross. They had to get their load legal before they could continue. With 80,000 gross they were allowed 81,000 and only get a warning.
Drivers almost always knew pretty close how much they were hauling.
Never saw anyone handcuffed for being overweight....then again, WADCUTTER might have.
Years ago if a driver didn't have the bond for the overweight fine they could be held in jail until the company or whomever wired the money. Can't ever recall handcuffing any of them tho. They weren't hardened desporados. Can't think of any of them actually being held in the jail but they sat in the jail office next to the phones.
Creeper Cops get paid to regulate truckers, the FEDS give them authority to do so. Everyone I have talked to (maybe WADCUTTER) say they have no authority to "regulate" RVs. I am sure if they see unsafe driving/load they will "speak" with you, but they can't just pull you over to check you documentation----they can do that to truckers.
In IL only the State Police has the authority to enforce Motor Carrier Safety regs. We received extra training and certification for MCS levels. Being a Trooper has a lot of freedom on what you chose to enforce on a particular day. Some Troops liked working truck enforcement, others liked working DUIs, some liked speed enforcement. Just depends on the individual and what they feel like doing on any given day. Some days I might have wanted to look for DUIs and wouldn't take a 2nd look at a semi. So if we saw an RV doing something illegal there was no issue taking enforcement action.
