Coming into Tennessee up from Georgia on I-75 last month, expediter Don Lanier, whom regular readers will remember from prior reporting here and here, was pulled in for his third inspection since signing on with Nashville, Tenn.-based DMW Expedite just a few months ago. Talking about it with the officer, he asked if they “have a poster with my big ugly face on it or something,” he says. The officer “was a nice guy,” ultimately, as have been
In his last gig, leased to a Michigan-based expediter for just more than a year, Lanier wasn’t inspected the entire time, he
But as Lanier’s example illustrates, the ISS is no pull-in panacea at the scale house; it’s often more arbitrary and/or intuitive reasons — “We’re inspecting only straight trucks today” — that bring an operator or his truck in for a close look.
All the same, given what else Lanier had to say about this most recent interaction with an officer (no violations, fyi), a lot of our states’ enforcement personnel are happy to answer questions, if asked. This one, responding to CSA-related queries Lanier put to him, even printed out his carrier’s CSA profile for him to peruse down the road.
Next time you’re pulled in, ask the officer why he decided to do the inspection. The results could well tell you something. Tell us what you find here in the comments, or email me at tdills [at] rrpub.com. I imagine many of you already do this fairly regularly, too. Thoughts?