Quote Originally Posted by truk4u View Post
Mike - And then there's Nancy!
Thanks Truk, you had to go and bring her up... And I was having a peaceful Sunday.

In regards to tickets and the CHP at the moment, a trucker buddy of mine told me he was going through the scales around 1130 PM the other night. Apparently a whopping 500 lbs over on an axel so the waved him in for a full inspection.

He wasn't worried as he keeps his stuff ship shape. The officer asked for his log book, and queried him as to his activity the past seven days, and he told him he had been off work the last week, just coming back on, and it was his first run (all within CA)

He cited him for a log violation, as he should have had seven blank pages, reflecting he was off... Apparently this logbook violation is attached to your CA numbers for a few years and messes with your insurance etc.

My buddy said he thought it was chicken s**t, but technically correct, so he agreed.

The officer then told him he was going to cite him a second time for a logbook violation, as he didn't have a log sheet for the current day. Calculated because it was now 12:15 AM (because he had been delayed in the inspection for 45 minutes). His reply to this was, "you have got to be kidding me". Officer friendly asked him what day it was, and did he have a log sheet going, yes or no.

So he got a second ticket.

Now I have been on both sides of the ticket game and being as I wasn't present I would officially withhold comment... But if that is what happened, I would be the first to say that it is outside the spirit of the law, even if it is within the letter of the law. (Chicken S**t with cluster).

The CHP is largely funded via those revenues and registration in particular, so earlier comments by others linking the two could be correct.

There you have it... The rest of the story.....

Speaking of which RIP Paul Harvey, what a class act he was.. I miss listening to him, a common sense American!

I will shut up now.