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Originally Posted by chris1
Lie about it. Before IFTA(remember fuel permits?) i would deliver to a warehouse that was on a state line. Address in one state,truck entrance in another. 900.00 fine for driving in the state and not purchasing a permit.
So, you are driving on I24E from Murfreesboro, TN to Chattanooga, TN. How do you record the miles when you dip down into Georgia? What is 4 or 5 miles?
I use a digitial voice recorder($20 at Walmart) to log all my mileage at state line crossings. I missed the first time the fact that I crossed into Georgia for those few miles before coming to Chattanooga. Actually, I was on my way to Florida so I reentered Georgia again very quickly.
For simplification of my trip report, I don't have a line for those 4 or 5 miles. I just report them as miles in Tennessee.
What about when traveling on NY17(Southern Tier Expressway) passing thru Waverly, NY? Doesn't the New York roadway cross into Pennsylvania? Maybe PA fuel taxes are less than NY, but what is it a couple cents difference?
I do record all miles, but it does happen that my trip report maybe incorrect for a couple miles from time to time. I would think that if the BOL delivery address for the load was one state but actually physically delivery location another state, the trip report would show a line but with 0 miles recorded.
BTW, back when Washington required 53ft trailer permits, the WSP would wait at the WA14 exit on I5 coming off the Interstate Bridge in Vancouver. They would stop drivers going to Camas, WA paper mills to check their permits. If the driver didn't have a permit coming into WA with a 53ft trailer, then he was suppose to drive up to POE to purchase it before making the delivery. That was 32 miles out of the way. What was the fine? I don't know as I was out of Oregon and had an annual permit.