he has a point there, if anything he'd flag himself for overaxle tickets.

 

If he had a spread axle, and the ability to lift one axle, it has nothing to do with tolls and weights. It has everything to do with the ability to turn a corner or back into a space. Without it, the trailer will pivot on which ever axle is on higher ground. But, dump the air on the rear axle, and the trailer pivots on the front axle, allowing you to turn shorter corners. There are some trailers that can dump the front axle so that you can eliminate the "tail-swing" and avoid hitting a parked car that you have to get close to for your turn.

But, I understand that DOT has said that it is illegal to have control of that from inside the cab. You can still have it, but you must get out of the truck to activate it.

It does absolutely NOTHING for tolls, and if you try to use it at a state scale, you may find yourself getting a ticket that you would not have gotten otherwise.

Instead of stealing a toll pass, you're far better off just avoiding the tolls.

 

I agree with Windy. The only thing I don't understand...Why didn't the trucking company that "owned" the EZPass transponder, report it missing and get it disabled?

Are these "Owners" that ignorant?

 

look at it this way big company 1000 + trucks, one thuck sitting in the yard (unseated) someone takes the EZpass, PREpass, PIKEpass, SUNpass out of the truck. when a new driver gets the truck he tell the shop he needs one so they give him one and off he goes.

the shop SHOULD check but wouldn't check to see if it should have one i always take the PREpass and EZpass from our old truck to your new truck. i don't like the new ones (EZpass & PREpass all in one)

i know a driver that has a PREpass from swift, star, and western all in his truck (and yes i told him someday it will come back and bite him in the a$$) some are 4 years old and all still work.

most of the big companies are just to dumb to check them, they just pay the bill when they get it. they don't check to see if the truck it should be in was on that road at the time. IMHO it's just stuped to not check

 

Understand that completely Wind, just seemed as though the article was a bit ignorant in the fact that they claimed it was for helping him avoid higher toll fee's. They(the police) seemed to have no idea what they were saying and in the end look like fools by that claim.

 

Problem is: To US they look like fools, but to the general public, they have "PUBLIC ENEMY No 1". There should be a way to give the public the truth about things like that. This way, they (the public) don't know the difference.