Overweight

[P51bombay]

Here's a funny one (except if you get to pay the ticket) that was just on the local news.

Grays Harbor deputy writes $17,000 ticket
Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:28 PM PST
By The Associated Press
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MONTESANO, Wash. — The Grays Harbor County sheriff has a new record for the largest vehicle citation ever issued -- nearly $17,000.

Undersheriff Rick Scott says a deputy pulled over a large truck Wednesday transporting a massive piece of logging equipment in the Kalaloch (KLAY’-lock) area.

Scott says the equipment was not properly secured and the truck was overloaded by 66,600-pounds.

That resulted in a citation for $16,929.

 

[greg334]

I can imagine the driver saying to the reporter -

Yea and I am going to fight that ticket, it is so unfair that I got a ticket for what others seem to be doing!

I was only 54,000 lbs overweight when I scaled in Olympia at 86,000 lbs, I don't know were they got 66,000 lbs from.

 

[arkjarhead]

I'm sure buying the overweight permit would have been much cheaper.

 

[P51bombay]

The funny thing left out of the newspaper story but included on TV was the company DID have an overSIZE permit (large tracked excavator) but no overweight permit.........did someone forget?...................ooops!!!