Angry Truck Stop Manager Turns Away Police, Safety Inspectors - Flying J stands it ground

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[chance33_98]

Angry Truck Stop Manager Turns Away Police, Safety Inspectors 
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Date: August 16, 2002 Source: Janet Blair / KRQE News 13 Location: Albuquerque, N.M.

A community anti-auto theft team was ready to go to work Thursday morning. But an angry truck stop manager put the brakes on their plan, turning away the group of local and federal inspectors.

The team were going to check the truck paperwork and do a quick safety inspection. Inspectors say because I-40 is a pipeline across the country, they were hoping to find stolen vehicles, drugs and other property they know is moving across country right through the Duke City.

"We're checking for bad VIN numbers, VIN switches, cab switches, trailer switches, bad trailers, stolen trailers, anything with bad VIN numbers or vin numbers that have been removed," said Officer Danny Langoria of the APD Auto Theft Unit.

They had just gotten started when it was all over.

Langoria was interrupted by the manager of the Flying J Truck Stop at Avalon and 98th St. on Albuquerque's West Side.

"You need to leave the property, you have no permission to be on private property," yelled the truck stop manager, who refused to be identified.

Police say most business owners appreciate a police presence on the premises, but not the Flying J Truck Stop. Police say they had called the truck to and had received approval to do the inspections.

"Apparently there was some misunderstanding about what we were doing. but I know he has business he has to protect," said Officer Langoria

Some truckers at the Flying J were also angered by the surprise inspections which they said took valuable time out of their driving day.

"It's incredible. I have never even heard of them doing that, anywhere in the United States. and I drive in all 48 states, all the time," said owner-operator William Senn of Arizona.

Unhappy truckers told KRQE News 13 they planned to use their CB radios to tell other truckers on the road not to stop in Albuquerque.

[Cultural Jihad]

Flying J is a franchise operation.

[Patriot_carcass]

Good for the Manager. Why do you think they have weigh stations on the highway. They weigh vehicles to make sure the have not exceeded the Gross Vehicle Weight, Make sure vehicles have current IFTA stamps, and to conduct safety inspections.

Truck drivers go to truck stops to fullfil on of the most important Federal Motor Safety Regualations....SLEEP. The driver gets paid for the "mile" they drive. They will have to fudge log books to catch up for lost pay by sitting around, awake, waiting to be inspected. That manager is doing a valuable community service. Keeping an alert driver on the road.

[cake_crumb]

Uh....this is a token Bush is not doing enough to find those stolen, chemical-filled tractor trailor and save us bumps.

Sorry..I won't stop at the place of a Darwin Award wannabe....but of course, this is a weekend, and probably a libertarian thread.

[IronJack]

They'll be setting up speed traps in the suburbs this time tomorrow.

[cake_crumb]

"As we saw a week ago, when a foaming at the mouth 'Constitutionalist', blew away a cop in Massilon, Ohio after a traffic stop, traffic cops need weapons to defend themselves."

Yep. Sanity BUMP.

[gortklattu]

It's showing up on mine

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[joeyman]

Cops mistakenly thought they had been granted permission to enter private property and conduct inspections. Manager says to leave. Cops leave.

I think you miss the point of the article. That is, cops wanted to inspect vehicles without probable cause on the off chance that they would nab a stolen one. That, my friend, is a violation of my fourth ammendment rights (yours too if you assert them). The fact that the cops would even develop such a plan shows us just how much reverence they have for our Bill of Rights.

[Barnacle]

I "enforce" the Bill of Rights to the extent of my Constitutional limits.

And, I sure hope you are not implying that I am a “sheeple”.

[joeyman]

The state will do as it will.

Only as long as no one complains. Did you realize that in the Fla Stop Example you gave, the state stopped it and appoligized within 48 hours of the start of the program? Reason: All those lawyers down there started suing.

(You know the physochotic red diper dopper baby lawyers who froth with spittle off the corners of their mouths as they talk about injustice and the veins on their forehead and neck start to bulge out).

[S.O.S121.500]

"I "enforce" the Bill of Rights to the extent of my Constitutional limits.

And, I sure hope you are not implying that I am a “sheeple”. "

Nothing implied. The sheople don't know that the Constitution is the government's limits rather than the citizen's.

[Cultural Jihad]

Yes, the image shows up okay, but you also added a hyperlink < A HREF ... > to a non-existent page. Try clicking on the image you posted, and you'll see what I mean.

[Barnacle]

OK, I'm sorry if I came off like a ^$*%#. I was just frustrated because you posted a few things worth reading.

But, my eyes are going crazy.

[Barnacle]

That's as sad as it is true.

[B4Ranch]

If you can afford that pretty Petercar, then a couple of thousand bucks in fines shouldn't be any problem. I'm sure that's their logic.

[ASDFGHJK]

not everyone has a lawyer. some people, when they stand up to the state, wind up in jail.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Just say no to unconstitutional searches.

[BADROTOFINGER]

I support and co-operate reasonable law enforcement. And, I would support and co-operate with these reasonable efforts.

I can appreciate your willingness to help the cops catch bad guys, but if you were this manager and you agreed to do this, you would be out of business within 90 days. You have the choice of whether to let the cops hang out and detain your customers, and your customers have the choice to become someone elses customers...JFK

[eastforker]

Hedly Lamar:and what have you been convicted of? Outlaw:rape,arson ,murder,Rape.Hedly:Wait a moment,you said rape twice. Outlaw:I like rape. Meanwhile,at the back of the line,Oh boys, Wheres the white women at.

[Tailback]

It is the manager's job to maximize profits. It is the truck drivers job to maximize profits. Over the road truck drivers are paid by the mile not by the hour. If a trucks wheels are not moving, the company and the driver are not making money. The truckers stated that they were going to get on the CB to warn other truckers not to stop. If they don't stop, the manager doesn't make money. This isn't rocket science.