Overweight ticket in California

Yes, ANY time you are inspected and violations are found, you have to send the inspection report to your company so they can sign and verify that the defects have been corrected and send it back to the DOT within 15 days.

As for who pays the ticket, that's between you and your company. If the company says they'll pay it, make certain they do...because if they DON'T, it falls back on YOU to pay whatever penalties may be associated with it.

Overweight tickets really aren't all that big of a deal. No points assigned to the company's CSA or to your MVR. It just costs money. Pay the fine and don't lose any sleep over it.

 

My conditions when I use to go to the Pupular Socialist Republic of CA
1: Light load
2:no parking overnight
3:Watch my Speed

I don't understand why Out of State companies still wanna do business in a place where Agencies make decisions on enforcing laws that do not reflect the rest of the Sates or Can.
They are arbitrarily deciding the fate of drivers doing business in their State
Someone needs to look in to their Impediment of Interstate Commerce practices.
I personaly never had a problem in CA but I here nothing but horror stories
Sorry for the Rant
Good luck with your situation

 

I don't know how long you have been in trucking but I can assure you of one thing. DOT almost everywhere is tough. A few years ago it was Ohio then Florida, go sit and talk with truckers long enough your going to hear a lot of stuff. Ever noticed when you hear these stories it happened to someone else? I have had DOT officers in Commiefornia to give me breaks. Many years ago I actually had an Ohio DOT officer tell me to get my logs fixed while he walked inside to get a cup of coffee. Anyway it is what it is.

 

3900lbs over on your tandems? I'm sorry, I don't usually laugh at the misfortune of others. But in this instance, I'll make an exception.

lol...3900 lbs.

Here is a great resource to avoid such predicaments in the future: https://catscale.com/

 

3900 lbs sure seems like a lot but keep in mind the ridiculous king pin law of CA When you are overweight there is no way to fix it

 

They probably keep doing business there because California has the 6th Largest Economy in the World.

 

CA should become it own country the a continue this practices ,see how far they go with out Washington subsidies.

 

P.S
If is that good ,
HOW COME THERE IS NO MORE GOOD PAYING FREIGHT LEFT?