North Carolina DMV hands out more citations to non-truckers, newspaper reports

Here's a hint as to why this is so: "That's a big 10-4, good buddy!"

As I understand it, the primary function of North Carolina DMV Enforcement officers is to enforce the traffic & safety laws governing the commercial trucking industry.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol enforces the laws the average (non-commercial) driver is supposed to follow.
I do realize that CB radios help them evade DMV checkpoints, but, undoubtedly, so does the DMV.

At issue is why NCDMV officers are doing the job of the NCHP.

In North Carolina, more people are killed each year in accidents involving trucks than in accidents involving drunk drivers.

Do you have a source for that

If only we knew how many trucking violations the DMV has missed (and potential accidents could have been avoided) if they weren't:

"ticket-fixing, bribe-taking, on-the-job politicking and favoritism"
or
"often participat(ing) in statewide enforcement actions such as the seat belt campaign "Click it or Ticket" and the drunken driving crackdown known as "Booze it and Lose it..."

I wonder how many tickets a day DMV and HP guys have to write to pay their salary and their share of district expenses. DMV is definately a money making enterprise under the guise of "vehilce safety".

Yet the HP guys will get pissed off if you ask them if they've made their "quota".

I did just that when I went through a DWI checkpoint in another county recently.
My wife was w/ me and after the Trooper looked at my license & waved me on, I smiled and said "Hope y'all make your quota tonight!"
I do not think he appreciated that.

Yea, verily. I hope that I did not come across as being sarcastic when I actually was bemoaning the state of affairs in my home state and in others in which I have lived.

In a few instances, the troopers have been found to be "on the take" and disproportionatley bust the shoes of non-truckers to make their monthly quotas.

Nothing can compare to the thrill you get when you've been pulled over for doing 68 in a 65 mph zone and watch as trucks roar by at 80 + mph -- as seen on the screen of the cruiser's radar readout...

Note to the motoring public:

If you see a car/pickup with flashing lights, red flags, and "OVERSIZE LOAD" signs driving before and/or trailing after a supersize load.....

please, please, for your own safety, give them a wide berth.

DO NOT try to drive between the escorts and the load.

Thank you,
Bright Eyes Flag Cars

I hope that I did not come across as being sarcastic when I actually was bemoaning the state of affairs in my home state...

A FReeper?!? Sarcastic?
Never happen. 8^)

In a few instances, the troopers have been found to be "on the take"...

You may find this story interesting:
(NC Secretary of Transportation) Tippett Says Action Coming In DMV Investigation.

Nothing can compare to the thrill you get when you've been pulled over for doing 68 in a 65 mph zone and watch as trucks roar by at 80 + mph -- as seen on the screen of the cruiser's radar readout...

I have a heavy foot and have been there and done that.
It's a good thing they give those troopers big guns.

FRegards,
CD

"In North Carolina, more people are killed each year in accidents involving trucks than in accidents involving drunk drivers."

The other statistic you don't mention is that about 80% (according to the NHTSA) are caused by the actions of a 4 wheeler, the most primary of these being impatient and making an unsafe/illegal pass. IIRC the second most frequent cause is someone passing on the right.

Mechanical failures of any kind represent a small percentage of accident causes, far less than mechanical failures (mostly tires) involving passenger cars. If you don't think that DOT is doing it's job, just ask the owner of almost any trucking company how much he paid in fines last year. DOT here in /FL can and will invent violations and rememeber that all DOT fines have to be paid on the spot, in cash or the truck is impounded. Fines range from the necessary, to the ridiculous. I once paid a $150 fine for having an accessory light not required by the standards inoperable. DOT writes the lots of non moving violations because they don't put points on your CDL, and they know that truckers don't have the time to fight over small fines. Ever see those big barns at the back of the scalehouses? You can hear the cash register ring everytime they deign to pull some unfortunate soul into one. DOT gets to keep all of the revenue from the fines they generate instead of putting the money into the general funds to be doled out come state budget time. Think that might provide an incentive to write someone up?

Professional truckers drive grossly more hours/miles without an accident than your average motorist. It's obvious that many here have some story to tell, but by and large the goods get delivered safely. If you heard about every 4 wheeler that did something stupid, FR would be out of bandwidth.

Next time you purchase anything, anything at all, remember how that product eventually got to the market. It got there on a truck.

I've lived in this state for 16 years and have never quite figured out why there are 2 separate law enforcement agencies, DMV and Highway Patrol.
Heck, I was baffled by the fact that I had to go to separate agencies to get a drivers license and tags for my car.

As to why there are 2 separate highway LE agencies, who knows?
There is an HP District Commander in a group I belong to; when I see him maybe he can explain it.

I believe that the DMV license offices are run by the state and the tag offices are run by private contractors.
Why, I'm not sure.

FRegards,
CD

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