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January 2017

Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info

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24 | Overdrive | January 2017 It might be one of the biggest things that commercial driver's license holders of all stripes have in common: Sooner or later, you run afoul of an enforcement officer who decides you deserve a citation. Only a scant 8 percent of Overdrive readers in recent polling report- ed never having gotten one. Tales of undeserved tick- ets abound. It's no secret that truckers believe they are rev- enue targets for jurisdictions around the country. That was the experience of Phil Killerlain one day in the late 1990s. As Killerlain passed a pair of officers on the roadside in Nashville, Tennessee, he noticed they were not using radar. Moments later, when one of the two pulled him over, he pointed that out, knowing that he wasn't speed- ing. The patrolman's response: "If I don't write you this ticket, when I get in today, the sarge is going to check my book, and I have to have a ticket for that purple truck." Maintaining a clean MVR can be paramount to your leasing prospects and insurance rates. Having legal representation or indisputable evidence may be key to overturning a citation. BY TODD DILLS tickets tickets tickets Fighting

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