Weigh Station ??
We were driving our 38 ft Class A MH West on I-20. As we entered MS a sign said "All Vehicles Over 5 Tons Must Enter". I didn't. Surely they meant DOT vehicles and trucks, right? Is a RV ever requ...
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JaxDad wrote:
I took what he said as being that there’s a FAR difference between ‘getting away with it’ and being strictly legal.
It’s strictly illegal to speed, if you do it every single day will you get caught? Maybe. Every single time you do it? Definitely not.
Case in point, there’s at least one member here who routinely states that their MH and trailer combination is longer than legally allowed in almost every state, including his own and 4 or 5 in any direction from his own.
He claims though that he has pulled that combination all over the continent and has never been stopped yet.
Does that mean the length laws no longer apply?
While I agree with what you are saying, I think you missed my point.
The sign says "Busses weigh", "all vehicles over 10,000 weigh" or "vehicles pulling trailers weigh", you question "Should I pull in?" like the OP did. Now many claim there is no need, but none of them will help you if you do wrong
I look at the risk/reward of both options. And over a lifetime, I have had a few issues at the scales (CMV) and been called out to help many others get legal to leave the scale.
Say you pull in. The worst that can happen is you are pulled out of line for a safty inspection. Now this is very unlikely, because that LEO knows the standards for safety are much lower than the CMV in front or behind. But if they do pull you out, for just a few minutes you get the peace of mind knowing your snot has nothing wrong with it. But most likely you just pull up, and go on. All you have lost is the time it takes to stop for 1 of the 8 sided signs.
Now let's look at what happens when you go by without stopping. Normally you saved the time it takes to stop for 1 of the 8 sided signs. But there is a very low, but not 0 probability that you will be stopped. (Bet most CMVs that run the scales get away with it. But if they get caught it is a real bad day) But if you lose, and do get stopped things will be much worse than the worse that could happen at the scale.
Somebody said they saw a scale sign that said "No RVs" Bet that if a small percentage of weight-watchers where offended by RVs pulling in the signage would change to eliminate the question from our mind.
