I saw this on Facebook, a rookie driver got $1,200 in tickets on his 2nd day solo.

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_FellowTraveller_@reddit

GVWR is the MAXIMUM the truck is rated for which I assume is 80K in this case. Weight of the load is irrelevant unless it's used to calculate the amount of the overweight ticket.

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I hate that most places will put these signs maybe 30 feet past the intersection. I really like the ones on the corners, but in all reality judging from the photo it’s not a road I would enjoy driving a truck on.

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kiingjamir@reddit

So… you still get ticketed even though you have a delivery there? I deliver on roads that say no trucks or no trucks over 30ft and 16 tons a lot. But not sure what else to do if the customer lives on that road. And my truck and trailer weighs 15 tons empty.

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ParticularArrival111@reddit

No. You cannot be ticketed you are exempt for local delivery.

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Heather_Val@reddit

Oh, I always love it when I can show the police my B O L and be like yeah I have to be here.

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ParticularArrival111@reddit

I love driving right past then as ltl. The locals go loco. Lol

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Foxlen@reddit

Dang, ive driven pick ups heavier than that limit

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Mydogfartsconstantly@reddit

Surprised metro pd actually did something.

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forkystabbyveggie@reddit

I don't think calling Nanticoke PA "Metro" is very accurate.

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Mydogfartsconstantly@reddit

Ah I saw the nashville address thought it was in nashville. As a local its surprising to see nashville metro pd ever pull trucks over.

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forkystabbyveggie@reddit

Ohhh, no.

That's where Western is HQd. Yeah they call it crashville for a reason. Zero traffic enforcement that I've seen in nearly a decade of going through there multiple times a week

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Mydogfartsconstantly@reddit

I live there. Im aware of the issues. Last week I watched a car clip the driver side steer tire of a truck on i24 which cause the truck to hit the car to the right of him and that car to hit the truck to the right of him. So business as normal.

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forkystabbyveggie@reddit

Typical for i24. Was this se of Nashville around Antioch? There's usually a backup in that area caused by shit like this

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Mydogfartsconstantly@reddit

Lmao ya it was at the bell rd exit. I drive on it daily. My air horn gets plenty of use.

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forkystabbyveggie@reddit

I really hate how accurately I called that one

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Mydogfartsconstantly@reddit

Lavergne to 440 on i24 is the gauntlet.

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ComprehendReading@reddit

Think they're more scene than metro?

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Deadbeatdone@reddit

The 2010s were an odd time to be young.

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FantasticPainting232@reddit

But it's still the 20.....oh. :(

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Deadbeatdone@reddit

Sorry bud we're 30. :(

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SeaRow556@reddit

What are you talking about? You breathe wrong in pa and you'll get fined. PA is notorious for having some of the most strict yet weirdly professionally relaxed law enforcement officers in the country... the real question is if this western express driver is being charged twice for the same crime

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FantasticPainting232@reddit

Looks like a ticket for the violation itself and a ticket for ignoring the sign.

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Antique_One7110@reddit

State and local violations. Different jurisdictions, different jeopardies, different violations. Double jeopardy only applies to criminal cases, and only when it’s the same government prosecuting, that is, state and federal courts can convict you of the same crime. Most traffic violations are civil matters.

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lleu81@reddit

I think I would fight that. The “over 25k” means that lighter trucks would be allowed and if the only reason the driver was pulled over was that he was in a truck, maybe a good lawyer could at least get the ticket reduced?

Also, watch for signs and don put yourself in situations like this.

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aacawe@reddit

The officer went by the weight listed on the BOL. Driver may get out of it or reduced with a lawyer and a friendly prosecutor, but he ain’t getting off on some technicality. That’s a clear violation.

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davidcornz@reddit

Even an empty trailer would still get violated. No way it weighed less then 25k.

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davidcornz@reddit

No, there is no 53ft truck and trailer combo that i have ever seen that was under 29k. Like and that was a daycab with a quarter tank.

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groovyinutah@reddit

Expensive lesson, don't expect any help from Western Express....

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GroundbreakingSir386@reddit

Once I got pulled over doing a delivery in a gated community with a 48-foot trailer lift-gate, someone called the police on me, and I was just wrapped up a delivery. I told the cop it’s not my fault that they ordered 4 pallets of bullets, and he let me go. That delivery probably should’ve been a Box truck delivery at least but my company doesn’t care.

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Legitimate_Diver_699@reddit

As in ammo? 😂

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albertyiphohomei@reddit

No, the vibrator bullet

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ParticularArrival111@reddit

Nah nutribullet

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GroundbreakingSir386@reddit

Hey bro I don’t ask questions. 😂

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iMax69@reddit

Sounds like you work for a company with green for a logo. Cause that sounds familiar to mine 🤣

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GroundbreakingSir386@reddit

XPO all the way 🤑

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Super_flywhiteguy@reddit

Im glad i do line haul. P&d for xpo is just dumb. More than half of our residential drop offs cant even be reached. They need more a ups van.

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GroundbreakingSir386@reddit

It’s alright we get overtime doing anything after 8 hours on the west coast it’s either that or driving a wiggle wagon with triples.

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Super_flywhiteguy@reddit

Im doing doubles til im six months in then im allowed to do triples

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ap_23@reddit

All the LTL companies are the same. The freight has to be brought back at least 3 times by different drivers before they think about using a box truck.

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Hornet-Standard@reddit

And that is why No one wants to drive a truck where else can you go to work and get a 1200 fine for a simple mistake. I used to pull a 6 axle trailer weighing in at 136000 lbs and we used to have to lift the axles to turn a corner if God forbid you forgot to put them back down instantly you could get a 10k to 15k overweight ticket in michigan.

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Electronic_Macaron_9@reddit

Normally I completely ignore these, but last week I was in Medina and theres a 10,000lb weight limit for a bridge. Turned around for that one.

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kaneabel@reddit

Look up the truck driver that destroyed an historic bridge in Paoli Indiana about a decade ago. I woke up to the noise of that happening. She was ex-Amish, had only been driving prepped for about a year and went through a school to get her CDL which she had for a couple months at this point. Completely ignored the multiple signs with the height and weight she was over. She had even stopped before entering and AFTER she started tearing shit up KEPT ON THE THROTTLE and completely destroyed the bridge and her truck and trailer

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rolisrntx@reddit

A couple of years ago here, a cement mixer tried to cross a bridge in a residential area with a 10,000 lb load rating. The bridge collapsed and the truck went into the canal underneath it. The bridge was the only way in and out of that part of the neighborhood.

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