Hear, hear! I agree wholeheartedly. If you're going to say something, you shouldn't be ashamed of standing up for it (except in the case of a whistleblower situation).
My employer is smart enough to know that if they want things done right, they will provide training. They don't do training on any old thing, however, only the things that make up the basics of their system. I (we) learn other things ourselves - which we many times apply to the job on our own.
The author of this article obviously (and incredulously) has made a mistake that is indeed an important one.
If he had asked a policeman (or a truck driver with a commercial license) why they don't ticket these vehicles, he would have known. Posted weights on roads do not refer to the GVRW of a vehicle. They refer to the actual weight of the vehicle.
Sooo... unless a vehicle actually weighs over 6000 pounds at the time it's traveling on the road (as weighed on a set of scales by a policeman), there is no violation.
That's why the salespeople he asked "why they didn't tell customers the vehicles were illegal on such streets?" weren't aware of any illegality... because there isn't any illegality.
If you don't believe me, ask a cop. That's why they have scales at truck stops.
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Hear, hear! I agree wholeheartedly. If you're going to say something, you shouldn't be ashamed of standing up for it (except in the case of a whistleblower situation).
My employer is smart enough to know that if they want things done right, they will provide training. They don't do training on any old thing, however, only the things that make up the basics of their system. I (we) learn other things ourselves - which we many times apply to the job on our own.
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win."
--Mohandas Gandhi
If he had asked a policeman (or a truck driver with a commercial license) why they don't ticket these vehicles, he would have known. Posted weights on roads do not refer to the GVRW of a vehicle. They refer to the actual weight of the vehicle.
Sooo... unless a vehicle actually weighs over 6000 pounds at the time it's traveling on the road (as weighed on a set of scales by a policeman), there is no violation.
That's why the salespeople he asked "why they didn't tell customers the vehicles were illegal on such streets?" weren't aware of any illegality... because there isn't any illegality.
If you don't believe me, ask a cop. That's why they have scales at truck stops.