Scoe said:
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Now that's where you are wrong.
"That" what? Where? You quoted my whole post. Oh... you mean the part about them "seeing" into the cab of a truck, right? Okay... you might have a point about the binoculars thing.
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I know for a fact that when you pull into the entrance lane to the POI at Ridgefield, WA. that the weigh masters sit in the scale house with binoculars hidden behind their tinted windows looking for unsuspecting truckers buckling their seat belts prior to crossing the scale and for truckers with cell phones up to their ears rather than hands free.
A FACT, eh? Okay. Let 'em! Did you read my earlier point about taking care of business and not feeding the bears? I know where the weigh stations are. I know the exact moment that they come into "line of sight." I put my belt on and my phone in my lap (IF I'm using it,) before I reach that point. But, you bring up an interesting point about what level of "technology" they can use. Your story was amusing. Here's a couple of mine:
I used to have a small Sirius radio unit mounted on my dash. I was red-lighted at a scale in Alabama once, and the guy came out to my truck. He asked to see my logbook first, which was up to date. Then he asked me what that was on my dash. I told him what it was and even showed him the readout of the station I was listening to. He mentioned that it looked JUST like a radar detector, and that it might cause me to be "checked out" more often than I would like to be. I'd never thought of that... but, he was right!
Second story is the one dealing with technologies. I drive thru the NC/TN gorge every day. If I know the coast is clear, and I am closing in on a line of slow trucks doing well under the pitifully slow speed limit, well.... somehow, I end up in front of them regardless of that NO LEFT LANE rule. (Is that shouting?) I also speed a little after I get out of the gorge, and sometimes change lanes to keep from being held up by slower trucks and stupid 4wheelers. I don't think I'm being reckless or dangerous, just kinda going with the flow of the hills and valleys.
One day, I was red-lighted at the eastbound scale after coming out of the gorge. The nice lady came out and told me that "someone" had called in and said I was driving in a reckless manner. She seemed apologetic to even have to mention it, and told me she was only telling me in case I heard something about it from my company later. I told her it was probably one of the several UPS rigs I had passed who were pizzed because THEY couldn't go faster. She laughed.
But lately I've been wondering about technology. I suspect that a quick check of googleEarth maps, which are pretty much "realtime," might actually show a big FedEx truck in the left lane somewhere in the gorge. You think they could "charge" me with a restricted lane infraction based on satellite imagery?
Won't be such an issue after Sep 18th, as I'll be losing this cushy dedicated run, and getting back out around the country a bit more. Maybe only have to deal with the gorge once or twice a week. But.... it's an interesting question, don't you think? When the judge asks the LEO if he "saw" me in the left lane and he says he saw me on his computer from 20 miles away using a satellite, hmm..... I wonder where (or if) they draw the line?
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BTW, this whole conversation occurred with my seat belt on and clipped in the slack, much more that 4 inches, position.
Yeah, but you weren't DRIVING at the time. :thumbsup: