Texas DPS Operation Roadcheck 2011 starts today
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I wouldn't immediately jump to the conclusion that the vehicles that are red tagged are necessarily "dangerous". Our wonderful state troopers are known to red flag a CMV for some pretty trivial things like not having any windshield wiper fluid.
I read it on the internet and heard it on the CB......so it has to be true.
Nope Jack... I read it in the courthouse news. Or is that wrong as well.
This coming from the guy that says you can't haul scrap from the farm under a farm exemption.
Nope Jack... I read it in the courthouse news. Or is that wrong as well.
This coming from the guy that says you can't haul scrap from the farm under a farm exemption.
When you say "Red Flagged", do you mean Out of Service"? You make it sound like a truck driver was put OOS because his windshield washer wasn't full.....DOUBT IT!
What you read in the courthouse news doesn't mean that's what they were cited for. It's very common for the DA's office to amend a citation to a lesser charge. We get people charged with Operating While Suspended and have the citation amended to Failure to Carry Driver's Licence. So when it gets printed in the court report people like Duffster thinks the cop wrote a ticket to a guy because he didn't carry his DL.
I didn't say you can't haul scrap from your farm under a farm exemption. What I said was IF you are operating a CMV and are required to have a CDL (while hauling scrap), there is no farm exemption for the CDL requirement as you are not hauling "agricultural products, farm machinery or farm supplies". You can read it yourself under ss 343.055(1)(c).
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Okay, you send your children/grandchildren on a bus with no windshield washer fluid and I'll pick the bus that has plenty for my kids/grandkids. Only one stipulation, your bus has to always stay in front of the one my relatives are on.
This road check is clearly NOT in Wisconsin. What do you know for sure, besides speculation, that the TXDOT guys have done to CMVs? What Bird reported was that 25% were flagged; not 50%, 75%, or 95% as some would have you believe. Bird clearly reported that 75% of the vehicles inspected were allowed to continue. How that gets translated to the levels stated by some posters is beyond me.
Diamondpilot, I am very familiar with the Minimum Equipment List (MEL) for each airplane and the restrictions of whether an airplane can go with less than 100%. I think you would agree that any pilot who would violate the MEL is just asking for trouble. Also, the MEL varies for when an airplane is being ferried to a location or carrying full cargo/PAX. Any pilot who purposely flies an unsafe airplane is not someone I want to fly with, ever.
Did you read super troopers post?
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I am not talking about the MEL. I am talking about the eyes of the beholder. I have been ramped checked and called out on things that I was not concerned about, my company mechanic was not concerned about, our POI was not concerned about, ect. If they want to find something they will. Does not matter if its your personal vehicle, a 18 wheeler, or a airplane. The attitude of the operator has a lot to do with how hard the inspector looks. I guarantee you a operator who acts nice and civil will get some lee way while the arrogant SOB will get slapped with a ticket. Thats what I was trying to point out.
I would never operate a airplane or any piece of machinery that I did not feel was safe. When I flew for Fed-Ex I had a airplane grounded because of the paint job. It was a 1997 airplane and this was in 1999, so 2 years old. The paint was starting to peel around the inspections panels as they do after flying for 4000 hours at 525mph in rain, snow, ice pellets, ect. The ramp inspector claimed it was a issue because it was a cause of corrosion. The airplanes were touched up monthly at the inspection intervals but that was not good enough for him. Cause of corrosion is not a grounding matter. Corrosion is and I agreed with him that if left unattended to it would cause corrosion but what was I supposed to do, touch it up after every flight?
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Duffster, you need to clean your hot button. It's sticking down for no obvious reason.
The title of this thread is "Texas DPS Operation Roadcheck 2011 starts today." Last year's check here found over 1000 brake and brake system violations and several tire/wheel violations. They also found people driving too long and some using drugs. The minor violations were seat belt violations and those were just ticketed, not taken out of service. There was no mention of any "windshield washer fluid" violations nor even cracked or faulty windshields. In a state that has seen several tour bus crashes due to faulty equipment and unqualified drivers, it's not only the truckers, but busses that need stepped-up enforcement.
