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Apr 18, 2015

TRUCKER STORY * USA - Punishment is excessive: TRUCKER JAILED

* Pennsylvania - Trucker jailed twice: once for inability to pay fine, again for driving overweight on restricted road 

(Photo courtesy: CANONBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT - Trucker jailed twice: once for inability to pay fine, again for driving overweight on restricted road. Francisco V. Amarales-Amarales remains in jail this afternoon with an $850 collateral set for his $8,500 fine for driving his almost 80,000-pound rig onto a street with a 10-ton weight limit)  Canonsburg, PA. USA - The Trucker - 16 April 2015 -- A Florida truck driver is back in jail Wednesday afternoon after appearing before Magisterial District Judge David Mark Wednesday morning on charges he drove his overweight truck onto a road with a 10-ton weight limit. .. 

* Pennsylvania - Trucker’s punishment is excessive

 -- In response to Tuesday’s article, “Florida trucker jailed for violating weight limit,” it seems this is about nothing more than the money, a huge payday for Canonsburg... As a truck owner and operator myself, I have total respect for the police and motor carrier enforcement officers and the job they do. But this man made an honest mistake, a wrong turn in a town more than 1,000 miles from his home, and he is locked in jail and he or his company is responsible for $17,000 in fines? ... According to the article, he hit nothing and did no damage to anything... It states that “he almost hit a car at the light,” which happens at every intersection a truck turns at, due to the wide swings trucks need to make, and the fact that cars never leave trucks enough room. It also states the driver’s truck was “59,346 pounds overweight,” which is misleading. I assume he was overweight for the 10-ton road, but in actuality he was at 79,346 pounds gross, which is 650 pounds below the 80,000 pounds he is allowed on interstate highways... With increased truck traffic in and around this area, this is becoming common, and I do agree the driver should have used common sense and not relied on GPS. But his punishment and fines seem excessive to me...
Washington, PA, USA - The Observer-Repporter - April 17, 2015

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