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tweety bird 02-22-2008 07:23 AM
Truckers Avoid Weigh Stations by "Dodging the Scales&qu
 
Hundreds of thousands of truckers are on Texas roads with you every day. One of the ways our state helps ensure your safety is by mandating stops at weigh stations.

KXAN Austin News has uncovered a legal loophole, allowing some drivers to skate through under the radar. In trucker lingo, it's called "dodging the scales."
KXAN Story Here

If you have a good connection, watch the video, too. There's a little video camera icon at the top of the article (toward the left).

It's funny- the written story refers to "drivers" and you watch the video and the "drivers" are standing next to their cars at the gas islands :lol: :lol:

Fredog 02-22-2008 07:46 AM
Re: Truckers Avoid Weigh Stations by "Dodging the Scale
 
Originally Posted by tweety bird
Hundreds of thousands of truckers are on Texas roads with you every day. One of the ways our state helps ensure your safety is by mandating stops at weigh stations.

KXAN Austin News has uncovered a legal loophole, allowing some drivers to skate through under the radar. In trucker lingo, it's called "dodging the scales."
KXAN Story Here

If you have a good connection, watch the video, too. There's a little video camera icon at the top of the article (toward the left).

It's funny- the written story refers to "drivers" and you watch the video and the "drivers" are standing next to their cars at the gas islands :lol: :lol:

and the one guy says, "we pay for these roads", yea right

Jumbo 02-22-2008 09:21 AM
Dodging the scales? What next are the going to spill the beans that we lie in our log books?

Darin Younce 02-22-2008 09:53 AM
My guess is that there was no new murders, theft or other serious but newsworthy events , so they said "hey what the heck, lets find something to fill in this void ". .

tweety bird 02-22-2008 10:17 AM
Originally Posted by Jumbo
Dodging the scales? What next are the going to spill the beans that we lie in our log books?
lol- or that we speed once in a while. :roll:

thebaldeagle655 02-22-2008 11:18 AM
dodge scales, speed, lie on the logs, what next, running overweight? OH NO! NOT THAT!!

floored 02-22-2008 11:33 AM
My local news did a story last week on how truckers cause all of California's littering problems by tossing their pee bottles out on the highway :roll:

thebaldeagle655 02-22-2008 11:35 AM
I just poor mine out, while driving down the road with the nice motorcycle officer behind me :twisted:

Orangetxguy 02-22-2008 12:51 PM
Originally Posted by floored
My local news did a story last week on how truckers cause all of California's littering problems by tossing their pee bottles out on the highway :roll:
Well....when are ya gonna quite peein in da bottle there Alice??? :shock: :shock:

Ratdog 02-22-2008 02:27 PM
Originally Posted by floored
My local news did a story last week on how truckers cause all of California's littering problems by tossing their pee bottles out on the highway :roll:
They were complaining on the stations awhile back here. The call them something, bottle bombs, heck I can't remember. It isn't like Ohio cleans the sides of the roads anyway.


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