Popular Post david wild Posted August 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2015 Sent truck to the border to pick up new trailer, on 87 alone 3 DOT checks, last one near the top they spent 1 1/2 hours tearing truck apart, only to find no violations, cops kept commenting to driver they will let him go as soon as they find something, went over log for second time at same stop, Driver did not fill in commodity, driver answers that he is bobtailing, no commodity. still a violation, driver free to go. Is the DOT for safety ?? what is the safety issue with the no commodity, just chicken sh-t. I watch unsafe trucks all the time, when I ask DOT here in GA. why the driver is not stopped the answer is that 1 he is black and becomes a racial thing, 2 they have no money won't pay fine lose lic. end up on welfare. better to unsafe truck than another welfare case, and then wonder why I have a bad attitude, I hope Trump does win. at least I feel I can then get even. and yes for you liberals there are unsafe trucks with white drivers but they don't play the chicken crap race card, just get a ticket and move on. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Yes sir I feel your pain. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/#findComment-301698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 DOT in NY is probably the worst. Had 4 DOT inspections by 4 different agencies on a 46 mile stretch of the Long Island Expressway. Suffolk Police Motor Carrier unit, Suffolk Sheriffs Motor Carrier unit, NYSDOT and Nassau County Police. An hour trip took me 5 hours for absolutely no reason but to generate money. 2 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/#findComment-301704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Up here they are called Economic DEVELOPMENT. NOT FOR USE THOUGH. 1 Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/#findComment-301729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david wild Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Plan on being at GATS this week end, if the propaganda safety patrol is there I plan on letting know my unhappiness. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/#findComment-301743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted August 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2015 Plan on being at GATS this week end, if the propaganda safety patrol is there I plan on letting know my unhappiness.At the 3rd stop I asked the inspector, "since I just went through 2 DOT checks in the past 12 miles wouldn't it save time if you all just lined up at one place and look the truck over one after the other?" He asked if I was being smart. (about 30 years my junior) Told him if I was smart I would retire or have picked a different career. 3 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/#findComment-301875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 It's all about the money in my opinion, they couldn't care less about safety, that's just their excuse to stop you. If it had anything to do with safety couldn't they let you fix an issue without giving you a ticket?Case in point, one time the DOT man pulled Big Jim over on 460 between Bedford and Lynchburg- probably the same a-hole that pulled me over for no reason one night- anyway, he didn't really find any violations, but Big Jim had his chain binders stuck down in the stake pockets of his trailer.The DOT man said that was "an unsecured load- I know, and you know, they aren't going anywhere but you need to put them in the headache rack."Big Jim said "can I just move them?" and the cop said "yeah, put them in the headache rack."So he did, but the cop wrote him up for it anyway. If the cop told him they weren't going anywhere, and he hung them in the headache rack so they were "secured", why did he have to write him up for having an unsecured load? We used to carry binders in the stake pockets all the time, never had one come out- it's all about the money. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/#findComment-301923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Apple dog Posted August 31, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2015 Speaking of a-holes and 460 and Roanoke The night I was going south on 220 out of Clifton Forge and went across 604(alternate 220) to 460 for good reason. When I make the right on 460 there was a Va dot a-hole that had a truck on the side giving him the what for. I go by with 14,000 foot of green cherry. The a-hole done a 360 watching me go buy. Slobber running out of both sides of his mouth. I said lord let there be green lights all the way to 581. Behold there were green lights and never seen the a-hole again. 3 Quote This is Mack country. On a quiet night you can hear a peterbilt rust away. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/#findComment-302095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 DOT in NY is probably the worst. Had 4 DOT inspections by 4 different agencies on a 46 mile stretch of the Long Island Expressway. Suffolk Police Motor Carrier unit, Suffolk Sheriffs Motor Carrier unit, NYSDOT and Nassau County Police. An hour trip took me 5 hours for absolutely no reason but to generate money. You can add one more to the list, NYS DEC Forestry,they pulled me over on riverhead speonk rd and were all set up in the collage parking lot,crazy.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/#findComment-302109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 You can add one more to the list, NYS DEC Forestry,they pulled me over on riverhead speonk rd and were all set up in the collage parking lot,crazy..Add 2 more Old Brookville PD on 107 and Northern Blvd and Old Westbury PD on the LIE exit 39 Glen Cove Road. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41535-ny-dot/#findComment-302116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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