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I'm at the Freightliner dealer in Blaine, MN getting my wiring harness replaced. The Sprinter tech here is a 25 year old smokin' hot babe named Hannah. You have no idea.

In most states bypassing a scale is a Failure to Obey Traffic Signal, same as blowing by a stop sign or running a red light. A few states have a separate citation specifically for the scale houses. Oregon is like that, with a failure to stop at weigh station. Oregon also uses video cameras at...

Yeah, it's mainly experience and talking with other drivers. And as Dan said, each carrier can be different. There are some areas that are pretty universal to all carriers, like Chicago (and Belgrade lol) but others area it depends on the carrier. Like, with Panther, Kansas City is a really good...

Yeah. the days when a seat belt infraction was a minor one are long gone. For future reference, most carriers are now cancelling contracts for drivers who get ticketed for using a cell phone or texting while driving, and for no seat belt. Even though those are driver infractions, the carrier...

I think you'll be in much better shape when that reckless falls off in March. The speeding won't hurt you, depending on what the other violations are. A single speeding ticket doesn't raise a lot of red flags at a carrier, but a history of not adhering to the rules will. Even the equipment...

These are all considered to be serious traffic offenses by the FMCSA, and committing any 2 of them in a 3 year period results in disqualification to operate a CMV (60 upon conviction of the second, and 120 days for a third one):. Speeding 15 miles per hour or more above the posted limit...

Well, it depends on the spot. Deadheading out of Chicago because you've been sitting there without a load for 12 hours is impatient. Sitting for more than 24 hours in Belgrade, Montana is too long to sit in one spot. Sitting more than 24 hours in Charlotte, NC is not.

It was a tactical error if you assume they were there to evaluate and investigate. But they had done that already (based on incomplete information, and the cartoon above). The tactics used was shock and awe - surprise and overwhelm, get him before he has a chance to get them. "Stupid...

I have not. Never even seen (or smelled) one. Heard about them, though.

Required or not, they can check whatever they want in order to qualify the driver as being physically able to perform. Part of the routine examination is the inspection of the extremities for, among other things, edema, which of present can trigger a suspicion of high blood pressure controlled...

No, I've never actually eaten dirty socks. But I have smelled them. Taste = smell. Everything tastes like it smells. Our taste buds can only distinguish between salty, sweet, sour, savory and bitter. Beyond that, virtually everything else about the taste comes from the smell. Sometimes you...

Nothing all that weird. It had it at a Japanese restaurant in Seattle. It's a very popular dish in Japan. Then again, they eat anything out of the sea, most of it raw (but not isopods). You can eat the shell, but it's about like eating the shells of shrimps or prawns, and gives the isopod a...

You have pet giant isopods? You know, you can deep fry those and they taste like a cross between crab and shrimp, and really dirty socks.

In addition to those, there's The Trucker, Heavy Duty Trucking, Road King Magazine, 10-4 Magazine, and Big Rig Owner. Many trucking magazines can be picked up for free from the racks at truck stops.

That's exactly me. When the optimist says that glass is half full, I don't understand the optimism at all. "Where's the rest of my drink?" is what I wanna know. When the pessimist says the glass is half empty, I don't understand the pessimism, either, because hey, could be worse, it could be...

Well, simple "mistake" or not, the medical form is signed by you as true and correct. Any lying makes your medical card, and thus your CDL, void. You don't really think you're the first person to think lying on the medical history is THE loophole, do you? If the medical examiner thinks more...

Refusing to sit through another religion's prayer out of courtesy isn't even remotely in the same category as virtuosity. Virtuous is high moral character, while courtesy is social character of civility. They are not the same thing. Thieves have honor among them in their social setting as a high...

What you're describing is... They contrived to satisfy their own needs and wishes by ordering a pepperoni pizza before every meeting, [where pepperoni is synonymous with virtuously delicious], but showed their real character tastes when a pizza of a different kind [but no less delicious to the...

He tweeted everyone a Merry Easter on Christmas morning. I thought that was pretty awesome. :grinning: