Thursday, November 15, 2012

Level 1... Roadside

Well, there I was...enjoying my morning drive from Garden City, KS into Denver, the coffee was finally kicking in when I come upon Hugo. There was someone standing at the side of the road...waving me over to the shoulder..it was a lovely DOT Officer, from nowhere I might add. Great, a road side inspection.

I pull over and he asks me for my drivers license, medical card and Jeff's license as well, as well as logbooks & all of our permits. Well...I didn't fill out my logbook since I delivered our load in OKC, the day before...bad girl. I handed him everything and just was honest about not having my logs filled out, I knew I was going to get dinged on that one. He proceeded to run his level one inspection, checking under the hood, all of my lights and turn signals, tires, air brake test, then underneath with a dolly to check all of my brakes. Nothing was strange about all of this. I have had three level 1 inspections before, at weigh stations on interstates, just not on the side a US highway.

He went back to his truck and came back with all of the paperwork. Cool guy indeed, everything passed with flying colors, and he told me he wouldn't get me for my log but to do it before I took off...DEAL! He then took off in his truck and I never saw him again. Thanks Mr. DOT Officer, you made my day.