Re: gas and fuel costs - long

From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Mon Nov 21 2005 - 21:13:35 PST

For a tail lamp you are out of service until it is repaired.

However that is not what took all of the time. She pulled me over and
basically interviewed me. What do I do, where am I going, how often do
I drive the truck, do I have more than one truck, etc etc. Then she
does a license check on me - she is on the radio for quite a while.
Then comes the inspection. Under the truck, pop the hood, inspect the
brakes, everything. Found the tail light, got a ticket, escorted me to
the nearest truck stop, was put out of service at the truck stop and
then she apologized for putting me through the 3rd degree.

While my situation seems to be extreme and according to the inspection
report the truck underwent the most severe inspection possible, it's
certainly not unheard of. I have heard of some real horror stories
about drivers getting pulled into inspection areas behind the scales in
Kentucky.

On the otherhand I've talked to drivers who have been doing it for 10+
years and have never been pulled over for an inspection by a DOT cop.

I guess it was not my day.

Dave

Ryan Gill wrote:
> At 10:03 PM -0500 11/20/05, MV wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately I have already spent 3 hours (really) on the side of the
>> road while a DOT cop did a full blown inspection on my flatbed
>> straight truck, found a minor problem and put me out of service in a
>> truck stop (brake light out).
>
>
> So she puts you out of service for how long? If you can fix the problem
> right there, do they tend to let it go then?
>

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