From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Thu Dec 15 2005 - 15:41:42 PST
Good point Kenny, Thats exactly what I do. If I drive anything other than my
pick up or sedan I always make sure that all my lights work before I leave
and occasionally while I'm gone.
Sonny
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Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] CDL
> TJ did this to use a few years back. He got pretty in depth on a lot of
> issues and somewhere I've still got the posts. As a regular LEO and an MV
> owner,
> here's how I approach the whole deal. Since there is so much to digest
> and
> each state can make it more stringent, I do the KISS principle. I follow
> the
> laws, try not to draw attention to myself and try not to be too ignorant.
> One
> thing I always keep at the tip of my tongue is the fact that I'm not in
> commerce. I've asked my CMV co-workers about this issue and their biggest
> concern
> is wether or not someone is in commerce. If you're in doubt as to wether
> or
> not you need a CDL, you should probably get one. Now here's the
> $1,000,000.00
> question, how many folks here have actually been stopped in their MV and
> why?
> I drive my deuces everywhere and have had them in no less than 10 states.
> I've traveled pay roads, interstates and local roads in literally dozens
> of
> cities. Lots of this with another deuce either on the towbar or
> piggyback
> device and even with a carseat and a 3 yr old onboard. I've never been
> stopped,
> ever! Am I the only one? I just can't imagine too many of us get stopped
> unless we're drawing attention to ourselves. i don't have any armament
> on my
> trucks but if I did have something on a ring, I would certainly remove it
> for
> highway travel unless I was doing something like the East Coast Convoy
> and
> then it would be covered. That just makes good sense in my opinion to
> keep from
> drawing attenion to myself. Look, there are plenty folks in CMVs and the
> like to draw the attention of the CMV Officers.
>
> These are my humble opinions and not based of any facts, statutes, laws
> or
> written directives!
> Kenny
>
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