DOT Officer Talks Violations & Performs Inspection For Truck Drivers
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- Опубликовано: 13 фев 2023
- As a part of our 2023 January safety meeting, Officer Fleming from the Indiana State Police provided our staff and drivers with a talk about what qualifies as a violation to a DOT officer and Officer Fleming performs a Level 1 inspection in the presence of Trans-United drivers who ask questions to create clarity and dispel myths about how DOT Officers assess violations and perform inspections.
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can we talk about how these bad roads are killing our equipment? who do we truckers fine about that?
The Local Politicians.
@@Solitaryman70 do i send them the bill when my leaf spring breaks or airbag pops cuz of the giant pothole?
@@KamionKing
Tax payers are already subsidizing trucking companies. Trucks cause the most amount of damage to roads make the trucking companies pay for it.
@@dontdoxmebro I’m sorry what??? If that isn’t a load of 💩 for today.
It's always been that way and always will be.
Best way to prevent violations
RUN AT NIGHT
Because these government agents are too lazy to work past 8pm
Yep. Night shift is where it's at.
Absolutely.
😂😂 even if everything is good with the truck and trailer the y gonna said the numbers and the paperwork doesn’t match with the one you taped in log book
Thanks for confirming my assumption. 👍🏻
Except in Florida unfortunately
Got my annual inspection done over the weekend. Tuesday DOT pulled me in for an inspection and tell me my axle kingpin was loose. I tried tightening it and it wouldn’t budge it was tight as hell. Went in to tell him it was tight and he goes “if you say it’s tight it’s tight….still $150 though”. After I got back home I took it to the garage I frequent to have him look at it and he goes “dude that’s not loose…” moral of the story. DOT rules are up to the officers imagination.
True
Its a money grab sorry
Nope, challenge the ticket!! I challenge every inspector. If the inspector is just throwing shit to the wind, you have every right to challenge his violations.
Moral of the story is some officers are as dirty as the politicians
i got violation for air line exposition but it was airlines in trailer tandem sliding area ,nothing important or emergency but then again it took me 2 minutes to cut that part and reconnect it he released me from being out of service but still gave me that ticket
This is the guy that wrote me up for an "audible air leak" years ago. I'll never forget him saying "I heard it when I walked up here the first time, but I don't hear it now, so I'm still going to put it on there." I couldn't help but laugh at him when I asked him if he knew what a leveler valve was.
How to always pass DOT inspection? By avoiding and only pass by when scales closed.
Only on the weekends then most scales are closed
@@1114jordan082 if drive during the day, go around scale, reroute, make sure truck can pass through, wait it out until it closes.
Revenue collectors is all they are…
DOT should be concerned about the failing infrastructure of the Highway system and the damage they do to good equipment. I can't imagine how many Rigs have been damaged by garbage roads and Highways that get them out out of service at the next inspection. Fix your damned roads already you road pirates.
Holy damn I didn't know it was that bad but regardless I dont think they will and its best for drivers to just do an inspection by themselves before the dot does it
They should do inspection for cars aka four wheelers because there is ten times more violation in cars than in trucks
Amen Driver! The crap these four wheelers get away with is mind-blowing, they insist on us being in the wrong All the time
They do inspections on cars too.. back in mi 4 wheeler brokey days in mi original days; troopers would stop me for a license plate light and do an inspection on mi car like they do on trucks. I don't know nowadays if they still do it or if they R lazy and don't enforce laws like they did before I don't drive a car alot now because I drive a truck all Fkn week. all I know from experience I've seen 4 wheeler inspections done and that's good 👍...
@@garyhenry3113 4 wheelers not being used for commercial purposes should have 0 inspections
@@renesanchez2210So you're saying someone driving a dangerous vehicle shouldn't be inspected just because it's not a commercial vehicle😂😅
@dino9395 yes. They definitely should not be inspected end of story.
Most states don't do inspections and everything is fine
State Revenue Levels :
LEVEL - 3 💰
LEVEL - 2 💰💰
LEVEL - 1 💰💰💰
State to Driver 🖕🖕🖕
And that's all it is
@@maxpuppy96 Oh wait.... it's not about keeping the motoring public safe from 80,000 pound trucks that can smash a little car.....hmmm, I see.
@@D_in_DC All the unsafe trucks must run the highway between 8:00 AM through 5:00 PM .
I always go around that scale. I'm fact I went around it today.
State Free Passes :
State trucks
County trucks
Agriculture trucks
Livestock trucks
Foreigner’s trucks
Truth
yep, that's why my '59 mack will get a farm plate.
Livestock trucks get stopped too
@@jasoncody1537 Do they ever get put out of service with livestock aboard ?
@@vicpetrishak7705 i have been stopped but never been put outta service
I've been driving truck a few years and I've yet to figure out what it takes to not fail an inspection. I've come to the conclusion that paying fines is apart of trucking. Cost of doing business.
That very sad, on top of fuel cost 💲, low broker offers, additional repairs
Must have been the end of the month due for revenue
Yes get used to being a slave, so explain to me who your elected officials are representing, sure the fk ain't the taxpayers.
Rule number 1 is to keep your mouth shut. Your attitude goes a long way.
Rule number 2 keep your truck and trailer clean and ALL lights working. This includes trash on the dashboard.
Keep tires correctly inflated, since some scales have infrared cameras that look for soft or flat tires.
@donmunro144 sounds great. Even do all those things. New cascadia 20 thousand miles. Failed inspection because two air lines was touching. Gave me a warning ticket for using PC when I wasn't under a load. He said since I PC further away from my next pickup, it didn't look like I was hiding hours so he wasn't putting me out of service. Again. Paying fines, dealing with dot is a part of doing business. It's also strange that I don't have a problem with dot until I'm in the state the business is in.
The 5th amendment says you don’t have to participate in an investigation that could incriminate you
Lmao
Driving a commercial vehicle, you are subject to search and seizure. The only thing you can protect is to lock your personal bag.
Not in Commercial Transportation Activities
You don't have to participate, that doesn't mean they can't do it anyway.
I started driving truck in 1995. I have had a lot of great encounters with DOT officers and inspectors. However, when you meet a dirt bag inspector that is only interested in writing tickets and checking a box, I lose all respect at that point. If I do something wrong, I have no problem with receiving a citation. However, when an officer writes a citation he knows is bull, we will no longer be friends. Why are all states not required to allow trial by declaration? In order to fight a BS ticket, I have to take time off work and travel on my own dime to appear in court. Unless it’s a huge fine, it is just not worth it. Over the last 28 years, I have only had one employer that I didn’t have to fight with to get equipment fixed. Yet, inspectors couldn’t care less. If I was guaranteed not to be cited, I would just ask for the inspection myself, but there is no guarantee.
Yeah but it’s always helpful and only works when you look white, conservative or right wing. To a black dude, or a Latino. It doesn’t fly with us at all in fighting court
Corporations and Government working together is the definition of FACISM.
States should have to pay truck drivers for every minute, whether on the scale or inspection. I was paid by the load, no detention time. They cost me quite a bit of money, yet I never got a fine. Start pulling cars in for inspection.
Can we also talk about how he, multiple times stated they are “trying to find something”….
Your job is to keep the road safe, not make your money off us truckers…. You should hope you do not find something but if you do you do.
I only had maybe 5 tickets after 40 plus years as a OTR flatbed driver,with over 4 million plus miles and never put out of service.
That’s a fantastic record!
@@TransUnitedSpecializedHauling Thank you,I was taught by my uncles who never been put out of service they have 40 to 50 years behind the wheel,always keep your truck fix and legal and never go into a weigh station when your logbook is out of hours,park it on both issues,until you and your truck is legal
@@markboyce1001"pet pet" good boy, here's a doggy treat.
I was taught by my uncles and there friends how to drive, if something wrong with your truck, are your log book is not current, you do not roll and do not go into a open weight station.
@@Smitherrrs keep the dog treats for yourself, I have a lot of friends that never been put out of service, they also had 30 plus years in OTR driving
Keep your permit book cleaned out and up to date. If you can hand him what he is asking for quickly, he figures that you know what you are doing and ends the fishing trip sooner.
Lol happened to me in LA, I was fumbling for the registration dude pulled me around back, he was a nice dude tho
Was a school bus mechanic in NW Indiana for a number of years and dealt with Ofc. Fleming and the crew he worked with many times. I always found Ofc. Fleming to be very reasonable and affable, as well as very good at his job. His crew was always fair-that's all you can ask for..
I remember being young, dumb, and ambitious when I was 18 and still thought the world was fair. I called up the state police police to ask about what was required to make my one truck lawn business legal, DOT numbers, etc. I talked to a DOT sergeant who laughed in my face and said, "look son, we can go down to the chevy dealer and pick any truck on the showroom floor, and I can find $20,000 worth of tickets, you're better off not even trying."
Many times those doing the inspections have no idea what they are doing
I have trucks written up for things that do not exist and have had the most obvious OOS violations pass
yeah its pretty funny.
I've been put out of service twice, once for an issue with DMV not updated my medical card when submitted, and the second was pulled over for a level 1 because of a break light/turn signal I wrote up 6 separate times, and the mechanic never fully fixed, it annoys me that I need a DOT officer's write up to get the repairs I need approved sometimes. I showed him my pre-trip sheets showing the violating items.
I've been put out of service once, and after that, for the next 10 years the DOT never saw me driving into that town through main street. After that i always took the back roads where i knew none of the police wanted to go.
He missed 2 things, Current inspections for tractor and trailer, and locking pins for the rear axle that slides on the trailer.
That flatbed didn't have sliding tandems.
As my pre trip exam for license in CT “no less than 50% reflective tape clean and in tact”
If a dot inspection scares you, either fix your junk or park it.
Or run at night like a real trucker!
I don’t need the DOT doing my job for me.
@@Solitaryman70 Run by the scales at night with the lights out.🤣
@@maxpuppy96 , Actually, there hardly open at night anymore, the only States that are surprisingly open sometimes are North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky…
@@Solitaryman70you’re the reason we have the dot. I’m from Kentucky see how that works out for you.
@@andrewhatton1606 See how what works out?
I retired in Jun, 2022!!! ⛳️🏌🏻fourrrrr!!
the only way to not get a ticket from a dot revenue person. is never let them within 100 yards of your truck.
there job is to get money for there district.
they will find a problem. even if they make it them selves. or change there wording to make it so.
yes there are trucks with very bad problems. but any machine running as hard as a truck does over the increasing piss pore roads there will always be a problem showing up.
now if the states would really spend the tax moneys collected for road repairs. on the roads. NOT “ other” projects.
A revenue bot.
Great instructor
I have been a truck driver since 2004 and have seen very few drivers doing a good pre trip or post trip inspection on their trucks.
Oh they never do... I do what I can in the time crunch but honestly I don't think anyone is paid to do a pre trip to the standard that is set...
Shut your mouth.you snitch and btch.......
I've been driving since 91 and I assure you, I don't do every step of the pretrip. Tires oil and let's ride..the doors were on when I parked the fuel tank wasn't dragging..tf else?
To busy racing the DOT 14 HR clock, apparently you weren't around before that change. Typical slave always making excuses for gov incompetence. DOT DEPARTMENT OF THIEVES
@@fishy2939 Do you actually drive a truck?
Drivers are not being taught the right way
How can they when we have a nation of tax charging slave drivers selling the training which is 3rd world and wrong. The god damn human trafficking ads youtube and facebook keeps showing needs to stop. When the employed are charging to train the unemployed is when we know society has failed coworkers. Human labor trafficking is when people train unemployed people rather than training their hired employed coworkers. The state governors need sued for their human labor trafficking of the American people. The political plaintiffs need to have the English dictionary rewritten so that the definitions of the words commercial and commerce say - unemployed license holders who are denied the federal minimum wage with no commercial place of employment to go on such a license and the unemployed individuals are expected to pay out of their own pocket for training to operate commercial equipment because it is no longer a commercial companies job to safely train employees on how to safely operate the equipment needed to sustain a commercial business. OSHA and the unions have been doing this crap too where they are charging unemployed individuals outside of workplaces for training and calling that progress to safety when unemployed individuals not even hired are being taught how to do a job by people not even employed by the job their showing how to do can't be safe. How is a bunch of private schools with teachers claiming to be commercial that charge money to show unemployed individuals how to do work for some other company they themselves have not been hired by in anyway safe? Commercial license are unconstitutional and the tax charging politicians need sued for their misclassification of unemployed individuals that do not match the definition of the words commercial nor commerce to be holding nor training for such a license without commercial employment of the federal minimum wage or commercial ownership of a business. To meet commercial standard a person must be being compensated the federal minimum wage. The feds called it the minimum wage because it is not the option wage which is why all license and training claiming to be commercial should be shut down and sued for the federal minimum wage to meet the minimum definition of commercial and commerce trading rather than only meeting the definition of slave driving and human labor trafficking. A commercial company name needs to go on commercial license to verify the workers been properly trained to operate the companies equipment rather than having a bunch of human labor traffickers failing to meet the federal minimum wage training uncompensated slaves and selling them license like tax charging enemies. Do the judges think the military ought to do like civilian businesses and take the company name off the license since it is no longer companies problem to sign off on properly training personnel to operate the equipment needed to operate a company to satisfy human labor traffickers in the ranks so they can be tax chargers selling the training. Just start charging the folks 5-10,000 plus dollars to attend basic training to learn how to serve war general George Washington's oath of issue because basic training is a school to good for the tax charging enemies not to sell like the tax charging police forces charge to attend their private ran police academies to learn how to serve tax charging politicians within the separate state political cartels? Why do yous think one county cartel prosecutes for stuff in their courts that ain't even a law in another county cartel courts and vice versa. The United States with their separate cartel pig forces has grown far foreign from being united to the oath of our constitution that we are no different than any corrupted 3rd world nation up in war with ourselves. It would be to easy for we the people to fix all these political messes of lawlessness. We would be paying taxes on our oath of issue out the end of barrels in lead and copper exchanges to the unholy tax chargers not yet shot dead full of holes. If the war vets fought and died for separate state tax chargers to tax fine and fee war general George Washington's troops then they would have called the nation the SSA Separate States of America rather United States with an oath of issue that has been hijacked by tax charging criminals within the ranks. The 3rd amendment even says to take our second and take quarters as soldiers since peace time of our war general George Washington's oath of issue has been infiltrated by unholy tax charging commies taxing our hard earned incomes away to uncompensated slavery. The founding fathers knew the unholy separate state cartel tax oppressors can go tax and enslave God when they die which is why we have the 2nd amendment to stop peoples thievery of the monetary system that caused all this ununited enslaved tyranny. Where did all the political thieves and their police cartels of today ever get the idea their oath is to tax everybody's hard earned money away rather than being united civil servants where local goes to county and county goes to state and state goes to the country command in Washington to receive their issue rather than being a bunch of treasonous criminals stealing our hard earned incomes away like god damn slaves. This oath to corruption like we have today within the ranks that have to collect the peoples hard earned income away as tax to fund their corrupted police forces that serves the people slavery since they no longer serve an oath of issue to otherwise fund themselves laying down the law in the Capital where war general George Washington the Commander in Chief head banker responsible for the oath of issue once lived is criminal tax charging treason theft of the people and not a government. ruclips.net/video/YN0e0RC3Zu0/видео.html
I'm not a truck driver but it's obvious that the inspector has room to fine for anything that he wants lol. This sounds like scam to me. These technical violations should be written black and white no room for interpretation.
I for one do not like aluminum flatbed trailers because the aluminum stake pockets and welds are far weaker then steel stake pockets🤷🏿♂️
Chaffed. That is why we have pogo sticks. I'm a 30 years licensed mechanic in Canada and I can't tell you how many times I've seen this. Somehow the driver's don't see it but being at the back of the cab where the driver should have seen it on the pretrip. Not any disrespect to the slightest just saying that I have seen it time and time again.👍🇨🇦
What kind of vest is he wearing?
They should go inspected the roads and report it
Here in the UK all trucks & trailer have to have your level 1 every 10 weeks.
Once had my log book (paper .. long.time ago) I drew my line just 15 min too long. It was almost rounded up right. They were going to fine me $500 for falsification etc. I asked them what the fine was for no log book $300. I wanted to throw the book in the trash and save $200. 2 hours later they let me go .
Another time I had an air compressor chained to my flatbed. The port officer wanted the bill of sale for the value so he could tax me. Fi ally after 3 hours of bullcrap id had enough. I asked whats maximum charge for a million dollar equipment . $24 dollars. So frustrating.
Brake test is part of all three levels of inspection
Nope.. level 3 is DRIVER ONLY. As in you are wearing your seatbelt, are awake, and your logbook is updated and legal..
I had a DOT inspector in Banning CA try to put me out of service because my airbags didn't inflate fast enough. I asked him to recite to me where the time it takes to allow my airbags to inflate. He came back a few minutes later and jusk told me have a good weekend and let me go
Now let me check you roads Indiana
alot of success
What's the name of the trip planning school
why test the turn signals separately instead of 4 ways on for pre trip walk around? Pigtail connection on trailer you've never hauled might not be properly wired. Seen it first hand - right is left and left is right. 4 way only walk around would never catch that.
Landing gear ⚙️ has to be at least one foot from the ground
Quick tip if your carrier has a shop mechanic tell him to seperate all brake lines electric lines off of anything rubbing on each other. You will thank me later
😂 what are you going to bribe him with to get him to do his job.
@jameskerrigan2997 that's a good one
Washington State dose not allow anything strapped to the deck plate on the frame of the tractor.
Never seen DOT kick a tire. His attitude does not give me the warm and fuzzies.
They put my driver oos twice in less than 24hr over 2 brake hoses shafting, there was no fiber out. First DOT didn't put on the report it was supposed to be both hoses replace. Roadside assistant came to replace the issueand we were good to go. After 10 hrs same weight station pulled him over and another dot find the hose next to it shaft so they put him OOS again. Truck passed everything brake test. This has cause my safety score to go high and i lost my job. Over a freaking hose after i work hard to keep my job. Now nobody wants to hire my co.pany smh i cant even fight the case because they didn't give us a fine
Sadly there is no way to avoid violations someone will warn u or u will get & both will go on your record + today's Drivers know nothing about these pre-post trips he is showing & all Rigs have mechanical issues only if DOT finds them so PRE-TRIP & Happy Trails 🚛 🙏
Wait til they come in with that big ole bat and handicap your ass.
Intentional neglect is what i tend to have to worry about as a driver. Regularly scheduled maintenance according to the manual will save a lot of headaches. Not many drivers are more mechanically inclined than the engineers who manufactured these trucks. If you do that, i don't see how you could run into these nightmare scenarios the dot will highlight, like a quarter inch layer of dust and grease over cracked brake drums and leaking airlines. Companies those days seemed more and more to blame the driver for everything while doing more and more to alleviate driver pti responsibility, as this leaves too much room for error, with onsite mechanics and slip seating drivers. Never got assigned a truck with a flat tire before.
I drove for 45 years I had tickets from the DOT and neither one of them was about safety all they said it was but it didn’t have anything to do with it it just the officer needed a ticket and that’s what he did one I would stop you don’t have enough straps on your load Well yes I do know I said OK I’ll I’ll throw a couple more stabs shit OK oh the county officer wants to talk to you so I go around the truck. He’s right now to take it already. OK I got the ticket they left I got in the truck and I left. I did not throw one belt, so you tell me it was about safety no it wasn’t so I have many many examples of DOT officers needing tickets to pump up their whatever yes there is some real blatant things that go on on trucks and drivers should see but I still say the same thing like an owner operator had on his truck everybody’s piggy bank and that’s exactly what it is
Can you point me to the death training facility sir
Drove 18 wheeler 12 years most of the time i drove thru indiana had dot inspection in that state.
Weight stations open 24/7
Indiana sucks
Yeah okay!
Ok. But how do I prevent getting violated by the DOT as a truck driver? 🤔
A Lawyer. Look into CDL legal protection plans. They are like $30/mo and have a 95% dismissal rate on citations... You do see a lot of people calling them scams. However, that's usually the 5% who truly deserved their citations.
What type of lines are they painting on the roads now
Haven't opened my hood in 10 years
10:05 good luck to those guys with 20 tail lights on the back of the trailer.
My truck was purdy fast but it ain't never popped no willy
This is question to any police officer and trooper is this responsibility to a truck drivers to replace them parts or is it up to the owner of the truck ???
Any violations is a violation of DOT contract. When can an organization demand you to contract with them?
This is all common sense
What section of the codes says a driver has to do all this to incriminate himself
I wonder how many of those dot’s would still have a job if they were inspecting regular vehicles like this. This also proves that inspections aren’t primarily made for safety.
With today's drivers will Trucking companies please explain the secret society of Trucking like u can get fired at anyplace etc too many Drivers are ending up at Truck Stops trying to get home on the road & never been there THAT has to stop
There's an easy solution for that...don't get fired until you're back home hahahaha. Did you get fired and left?
This guy really needs to re read the lighting section again. Only required lights are required to work. Any additional lighting is not required to work. If your wondering which lights are required are under 393.11
So basically, if you do a solid pre trip, you shouldn't get a violation.
Yeah if u work about 1hr a day for free
The dot can take a truck straight from the factory and find an infraction straight from a dot officer’s mouth
@@billhgffff1453 💯
Tape wrapping is a securment for the pigtail, this has been happening for years beyond this inspectors tenure.
Leaks, kinks, cuts, cracks or abrasions.
Mr asking question should work as a car inspection
Cut DOT, home land security, Fema and TSA in halve . Fedral government is too them big!
they all have in common they don't know how to maintain a truck
He didn't check the ubolts on the headache rack
The only way I founded not to break any law, is to stay home in the morning....
U can't avoid it. .
An officer can make shit up and write you up for it, then YOU NEED to contact a lawyer and then defend yourself and then prove that the cop was lying or being HYPER AGGRESSIVE with violation writing. Notice that ANYTHING can be a violation if the cop believes it is
How doesnt the fifth amendment apply is these situations. Why would you help dot in a investigation!
I've heard of drivers who have refused to help them with inspections. I guess it depends on the State, but I don't believe there are laws that require you to help. They can get a second officer if they need.
Most Drivers today barely due a Pre or Post Trip Inspection. Hook up and go.....sad
How to avoid getting caught for a violation: don't be the guy that the bullshit artist (I mean dot inspector) pulls in for an inspection 😂
I’m surprised he didn’t ask to see the Dot medical card in any of the inspections levels.
Well I would hope not... It's been 9 years since the FMCSA required drivers to carry a hard copy.
F DA DOT!!!!!
One of the things that gets to me is drivers of RV s don’t have to have a physical. I have seen old people drive huge motor homes with a oxygen hose under their nose. They don’t have to have any special license or training to drive those vehicles. I’ve never seen the DOT inspect them.
What about the drivers low beam being black?
It should be easier now too, since there is soich less police nowadays.
14:40 is he a metallurgist??Cracked wheels? What he is describing are surface flaws, NOT cracks. Unless you are a qualified metallurgist and have performed non destructive testing on that wheel that proves an actual crack don't say there is one.
Need to put dot out of the government
There is no law that says you have to help them at all when they do an inspection only thing you have to provide is logs drivers license and bill of lading that's it in 24 yrs otr I have not nor will I help them
Will they give you violations or points for not helping?
Lol
I only been driving for 14 months. 2 inspections and I didn’t help them either.
This was funny to watch .. All I heard was Money Money Money …
The industry badly requires deregulation.
Cat and mouse game
Again, Again, Again!
I'm not allowed in this playhouse
Naw, some much can happen after rolling out that can get you violated, it s a dice roll. Same as the officer dealing with you, a dice roll. It used to be more legit, hammering those that deserved to be hammered from neglect. Long gone, and never coming back, the volume of trucks these days have made it an income racket now, for some states anyway.
Stupid occupation now.. best prevention is to work 2 part time jobs.. better $$ and alot less B/S.!!!
How to prevent fines as a truck driver is simple. Dont be a truck driver, then they'll realize the importance of us as people. Instead of treating us as lower life forms plus when yo bad ass baby aint got no damn milk
They made their job so hard
If they cared about safety, have a mechanic available. The ticket cost eay more than the hose replaced. Revenue collectors.
This guy reminds me of the BTK serial killer. Inspections by day and who knows what by night.
You should do this video when rates were 3 dollars per mile and driver get paid 30% made much more then your 65 cents per mile. Yes when rates low pey per mile is better then commission but your tactics create more bouncing drivers, they will leave you when rates goes up. Then you will create video that commission pay is better then ppm and Ogden these who do ppm.
Not a good job no more
I'm out of hours