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12/06/09 10:44 PM
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
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12/06/09 10:58 PM
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You are supposed to be confused, that's the intention, gives the guy doing the seminar a captive audience, the authorities make it up as they please, no one department knows or cares about what the other department is doing. Well I got an idea that will really help out I bet 70% of the trucks on the road. And I would bet if 100% compliance was strictly required, I could find 99% of the trucks in non compliance. And the normal answer is, unsafe trucks shouldn't be driving. I say if 99% of the trucks are currently non compliant, why aren't there truck wrecks/accidents every mile? Becuase being non compliant does not automatically make you unsafe. Besides if you are really looking for 100% safety, make everybody wear a helmet and a nomex suit  . So since our leaders are all over themselves about how to help small companies, how about this real simple solution, that would make 70% of the 99% non compliant trucks legal again, just raise the 10,000lb threshold to 17,000lb? and the 26,000lb threshold to say 33,000lbs, by a stroke of the pen. Doesn't mean its OK to drive with worn tires, broken lights, etc, just means DOT will get off our backs. What say you? 
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
[Re: B1KILLER]
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12/06/09 11:09 PM
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DOT sucks I hate them, They gave me a hefty ticket in Maryland, cost me 1k 
I have also gotten upto 20 tickets in NYC, while driving a tow truck, and was found guilty only of having tinted windows, thank god for my lawyer
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
[Re: B1KILLER]
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12/06/09 11:39 PM
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DOT sucks I hate them, They gave me a hefty ticket in Maryland, cost me 1k
I have also gotten upto 20 tickets in NYC, while driving a tow truck, and was found guilty only of having tinted windows, thank god for my lawyer
What did ya get popped for that cost a grand??    
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
[Re: B1KILLER]
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12/07/09 09:51 PM
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DOT sucks I hate them, They gave me a hefty ticket in Maryland, cost me 1k
I live here. Tell me what you were driving and what they accused you of for infractions?
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
[Re: 440Jim]
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12/07/09 10:04 PM
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driving a dually,No dot log book, caught me sleeping in a rest area, driving down from FL towing back my car
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
[Re: B1KILLER]
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12/07/09 10:18 PM
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driving a dually,No dot log book, caught me sleeping in a rest area, driving down from FL towing back my car
were you driving that roll back? I don't understand why they would even bother you? usually they will just make you stay in one spot and sleep if you have no log book in a big truck.
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
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12/07/09 10:26 PM
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Cop was an idiot, even called my place of to see if I had permission to be driving my own truck, also @ time had a CT license which was only good for 10,000 GVW. Laws are crazy, you can drive a mobile home size of a bus, and a trailer attached, with a regular license, go figure. 
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
[Re: B1KILLER]
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12/07/09 10:54 PM
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Here's what the cowboys learned around here. When you get pulled over on your way home from a rodeo in your pickup, pulling your horse trailer with a horse in it, by the DOT, and he asks if you won, DO NOT BRAG ABOUT THE MONEY YOU WON!!! Because then you have made money, or earned income, making your truck a COMMERCIAL vehicle. When I come home from a truck pull, I have no prizes in the tow vehicle, and will say nothing about the $20 cash I won for third place.
It does no matter to them that you will have never turned a profit, or will ever come close to breaking even winning money on a Saturday night, just whether or not you made any money. So far I have been lucky, but I presume my luck will end eventually. I haul my pulling truck on a gooseneck that could gross over 26,000#.
Michael
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90 W250 CTD 727 with smokin 5" stacks. Off road truck
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
[Re: hemi-itis]
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12/07/09 11:43 PM
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If you can figure out how to post here,you can get yerself a dot number.  
By all means, and then you can wait for DOT to show up at your door for an unannounced (during regular business hours) "safety audit" to verify for the past 3 years driver logs, random drug testing records, annual DOT inspections, exterior reflective compliance, daily walkround inspection reports, maintenence logs, DL reports, etc. And if not in compliance or inadequate records an up to $50,000 fine per violation, and you and your trucks are placed out of service. By all means, rush out right now and put your neck in the nearest noose. We are here to help you
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
[Re: jcc]
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12/07/09 11:58 PM
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If you can figure out how to post here,you can get yerself a dot number.
By all means, and then you can wait for DOT to show up at your door for an unannounced (during regular business hours) "safety audit" to verify for the past 3 years driver logs, random drug testing records, annual DOT inspections, exterior reflective compliance, daily walkround inspection reports, maintenence logs, DL reports, etc. And if not in compliance or inadequate records an up to $50,000 fine per violation, and you and your trucks are placed out of service. By all means, rush out right now and put your neck in the nearest noose. We are here to help you
Sounds like you were not prepared   ,but they don't show up unannounced.They call for an appointment I also have a motor carrier number and 1m/3m liability for all the high end vehicles I transport.
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Re: D.O.T.. regulations again
[Re: jcc]
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12/08/09 10:59 PM
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Besides DOT, we also have to worry about the cops that are truck enforcement. I have a FHP guy out here, that was on my a$$ for 4 months, until someone spoke to him, now hes my so called friend. Was just @ my shop talking to me and doing an inspection
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