JQPublic1
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Whoa! You said state cops are pulling you over to enforce federal law. I disputed that. The link you just posted clearlyPerhaps this link will help.This isn't anything new. I'm a truck driver, and the feds have our agencies enforcing FHA laws. Our state troopers pull over trucks not to site them for state violations, but to site us for federal violations. Our state has a seat belt law as a secondary offense. In other words, they can't just pull you over for not wearing a seat belt. But I've been pulled over several times for the same violation because truck drivers have to comply with federal regulations which state they can pull truck drivers over just for not wearing a seat belt.
Wow! You are one confused nerd! Seatbelt laws are solely under state jurisdiction. Yes there are primary and secondary seatbelt enforcement laws which vary by state. And, yes secondary seatbelt laws are only enforced incidental to another traffic violation. If you live in a state with secondary enforcement and you are being pulled over and cited initially for not wearing a seatbelt you need to take it to court. I suspect, though, you are chronically breaking some other state traffic or commerce law...not federal. I challenge you to cite the federal law you were cited for by state police!
The state police are certified by the Feds to enforce federal regulations. In fact, the last two times I was pulled over and asked why, they told me they pulled me over just to check out me and my truck. Perfectly legal.
Truckers don't have constitutional rights. They can pull you over for no reason, look inside of your trailer, look under your hood, and even inside the cab and there is nothing you can do about it. It's happened to me a dozen times or so.
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Help with what? According to your article, what goes on in trucking is exactly what I stated. Give them a hard time? Good luck with that. Let me explain something to you:
When a DOT or state trooper pulls you over. You can have a brand new truck, a truck that just passed the DOT inspection by a licensed mechanic or company, a truck that is virtually flawless. But if a DOT cop wants to get you on something, they will.
Just for moment, imagine if state troopers or even local police did the same to other motorists: You are driving the speed limit, not doing anything wrong, and a cop pulls you over. You ask what's wrong, and they reply "nothing, but I'm going to find something wrong." Yes, that has happened to me too before the days of video cameras.
Okay, so you feel your constitutional rights have been violated. How many thousands of dollars do you have to prove your case?
18 U.S. Code § 40 - Commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspections
explains the conditions for truck inspections and who conducts them. Nothing in the law authorizes non federal DOT agents to arbitrarily stop and inspect your vehicle. When you suggested it did, you were either lying or you were ignorant.
Your ignorance, if that is what it is, is compounded by your lack of awareness that the state also has a DOT that enforces state laws. When a state trooper pulls you over for an inspection he isn't doing it under federal law, he is doing it under the state DOT laws.
Take note of where inspections are conducted. According to the excerpt you posted such inspections are conducted near inspection stations.
If you are a trucker, as you claim, you should know that the state and federal DOT are two different entities operating independently of one another.
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