Alcohol and OTR
#51
07-20-2008, 05:20 AM
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by Ronin
Ah yes, the alcohol argument. Easy solution.
LEAVE THE S%# AT HOME! Now you have no potential problems. As the old saying goes an ounce of prevention is worth a metric ton of cure. Or in our case our reputations and careers. If you want to risk it, then by all means do so. But when you get busted and some city cop hauls your ass to jail don't come crying to me about technicalities real or perceived. Cops don't care and judges don't care. They will destroy your career or make it quite expensive to salvage.
#52
07-20-2008, 05:37 AM
This falls into the "debates you really don't want to have with a cop" category.
The rules are written (and perhaps ambiguously like most government regs) with the intent that ALCOHOL and COMMERCIAL VEHICLES are mutually exclusive. It is terribly irresponsible to put yourself and/or your company at risk just because you HAVE to have alcohol in the truck. You want to have a f**king drink? DON'T HAVE IT IN YOUR F**KING TRUCK! Walk or take a taxi to a bar, a strip club, or restaurant that serves. KEEP IT AWAY FROM YOUR F**KING TRUCK AND MY INDUSTRY AND MY REPUTATION! I don't care if you can nit-pick and rationalize your way into believing it is OK to have alcohol in your truck. It is not. Our industry doesn't need any problems involving alcohol any more than it needs stories about "high speed chicken feed". -p.
#53
07-20-2008, 05:54 AM
Originally Posted by matcat
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by Ronin
Ah yes, the alcohol argument. Easy solution.
LEAVE THE S%# AT HOME! Now you have no potential problems. As the old saying goes an ounce of prevention is worth a metric ton of cure. Or in our case our reputations and careers. If you want to risk it, then by all means do so. But when you get busted and some city cop hauls your ass to jail don't come crying to me about technicalities real or perceived. Cops don't care and judges don't care. They will destroy your career or make it quite expensive to salvage.  I've changed my mind about the whole alcohol in a CMV thing. To celebrate, I'm having a kegger at my truck tonight. Everyone is invited. :lol:
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#54
07-20-2008, 06:17 AM
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by Ronin
Ah yes, the alcohol argument. Easy solution.
LEAVE THE S%# AT HOME! Now you have no potential problems. As the old saying goes an ounce of prevention is worth a metric ton of cure. Or in our case our reputations and careers. If you want to risk it, then by all means do so. But when you get busted and some city cop hauls your ass to jail don't come crying to me about technicalities real or perceived. Cops don't care and judges don't care. They will destroy your career or make it quite expensive to salvage.
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#55
07-20-2008, 06:21 AM
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Sorry, Rev..... I never drink while on the road unless there's a dead cow or a naked lady involved! Besides...... too many LEO's and beer Nazi's that don't know the regs! :wink:
#56
07-20-2008, 06:58 AM
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Sorry, Rev..... I never drink while on the road unless there's a dead cow or a naked lady involved! Besides...... too many LEO's and beer Nazi's that don't know the regs! :wink:
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#57
07-20-2008, 07:11 AM
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Sorry, Rev..... I never drink while on the road unless there's a dead cow or a naked lady involved! Besides...... too many LEO's and beer Nazi's that don't know the regs! :wink:
#60
07-20-2008, 07:35 AM
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Sorry, Rev..... I never drink while on the road unless there's a dead cow or a naked lady involved! Besides...... too many LEO's and beer Nazi's that don't know the regs! :wink:
But, of course, by DEFINITION..... nobody can BE "nobody!" :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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