US DOT Numbers
I was pulled over in IA a few days ago by the Highway Patrol Motor Vehicle Division and cited for a number of violations starting with no US DOT numbers posted on my vehicle. I drive a F-350 Dually w...
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transam... wrote:
Really and truthfully if they (DOT) wanted to push it, the full timers that work out of their RV's would have numbers on their doors.
If you work for a company that goes out of town and you have them pay for your site so you can stay in your RV instead of a hotel then I'm going to say that you may run into a LEO that might cite you. If you own the company then yes you are probably going to get cited.
...and you do not see this ridiculous view and the sale of your ticket as "revenuing"? ...or just plain harassment of the public...
Your position is one that if I pull my fiver out to BF Idaho to take a job that pays me a per diem, I am now engaged in commercial enterprise with my truck...and need to follow DOT rules...I am not being paid to drive the truck or pull my fiver...where does that overzealous enforcement mentality come from...
This is a screwed up deal that robs the working man of his hard earned money with no tangible results in safety or public good...
Regards
