Scam and collusion with the local law enforcement. I have seen this type of thing before. It’s the good old boy turn their heads and not see anything scam. I once helped the feds bust a California scale and safety inspection station for illegal activity similar collusion.
They had a scam where the state DOT inspectors were backing off the brake adjustment so it could be red tagged. They had a service right on the next exit that always got called out on a service call to adjust the brakes by someone certified before they would release the vehicle.
So the feds stopped in my truck repair business and had me adjust the brakes on a tractor and trailer. They had their own DOT certified technician watch me every step to make sure I did it by the book. Now they had a receipt from an independent civilian certified shop that was only 20 miles from the scales.
Read it in the newspaper a few days later that the state DOT inspectors at the scales did indeed back off the brakes on that truck and that the feds busted them in an undercover sting operation.
“I once helped the feds bust a California scale and safety inspection station for illegal activity similar collusion.”
Was that the weight station at Banning?
That one had a lousy reputation for years. Fortunately for me I didn’t run California much and Banning was “corrected” before I ever made the trip there.