From: timothy.smith1@att.net
Date: Tue Dec 27 2005 - 10:14:54 PST
This topic has gone somewhat astray of our hobby now but Joe deserves a response and then I'll wrap it up.
>From the guy who does a poor job maintaining a proper temperature on the steam table on the cruise ship buffet (causing everyone to get salmonella in the middle of the Carribean) to the guy who cuts the fuses too short in the hand grenade factory (with predictable results) to the mechanic who doesn't tighten down the fuel line after the carburetor rebuild (causing the customer's car to evenually go up in flames) to the law enforcement officer who doesn't know or doesn't care to learn (wasting everyone's time and money)...what each of us does, whether we do it well, or poorly, affects the rest of us. Even those of us on the list have been affected. We have spent many hours away from the topic we love in order to address these issues.
These are human problems that I cannot change. All I can hope to do is (like I've done for Sonny) is give you fellas the straight scoop (as I understand it) and the law enforcement perspective in the hopes that each of you can avoid some of the pitfalls you may face. I'll be the first to admit I don't have an answer for every question put to me. For examplwe, I don't have the faintest idea what Joe's BOC-3 is. I cannot change the fact that trucking is a heavily regulated industry and these regulations are vigorously enforced.
Here's what we all CAN accomplish. If you see something that you disapprove of, take reasonable steps to put it right. Honor thy father. Treat others in the same manner that you would like others to treat you. Be outspoken, but not boorish. Support your fellow man with all your strength. Behave honestly and honorably so that when you're gone, others will say, "I was proud to have known him. The world was a better place while he was in it." And take time to live, love and laugh.
Happy New Year, fellas.
TJ
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From: Joe Shannon <fordpart@bellsouth.net>
> Mr. Smith,
>
> I have been reading you posts and you know your thing but that is
> where the problem lies, you are the only DOT officer who does. It has
> been my experience that if any other officer pulls over Mr. Sonny and
> then recognizes the fact that it is a recreational vehicle the officer
> will not admit that he made a mistake as I have been told by the main
> man here in Tennessee that his men do not make mistakes and they are not
> interested in what the federal law says.
>
> This is where the problem will arise for those of you like Sonny who
> just happen to be riding around for fun in something big, the officers
> will harass them just because of their appearance whether or whatever
> ticket they write sticks when it goes to court or not or not they will
> still pull them over. DOT officers count on the fact that the person
> receiving the ticket will not take the time to go to court and fight it.
>
> I see these folks every day, I have been inspected close to 40 times
> this year mostly by the same station sometimes twice a day, several
> times bobtail, several times with an empty trailer.
>
> Let me ask you a question that so far no one else has been able to
> answer---What is the purpose of the BOC-3 or Blanket Company that I am
> required to have? I was under the impression that it was to keep from
> being detained if I received a ticket in another state but that is not it.
>
> Let me apologize Mr. Smith for the attitude that comes across in this
> post I do not mean it toward you but toward the lawmakers and the brass
> who decide who is allowed to make a living and who is not most of the
> laws have nothing to do with safety.
>
> Joe Shannon
> MC# 467421
>
>
> --
>
> /"Sirs, you have no reason to be ashamed of your Confederate dead; see
> to it they have no reason to be ashamed of you"/
>
>
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