Blew By Weigh Station

I ran into a confusing scale situation this morning. I was passing the eastbound scale on I-90, west of Rapid City SD, and the LED sign clearly said closed. But then I got a red light on my prepass! I wasn't sure what to do so I spent the next few seconds debating in my mind. But when I approached the scale and saw no trucks there, as well as all the other trucks in front of me skipping it, I made the snap decision to keep going. I can only hope I made the right choice.

If I do get a ticket, there had better be a log of the exact time I drove by, as well as a log of the status of the sign at that precise moment. Otherwise I guess it would become a case of he said she said. Pretty sure I would lose that battle.

I have had that same thing happen to me once in KY and another in TN. Has been over a month since both of those have happened and i have heard nothing about it so i would almost 100% would say you are good to go but ya never know crazier things have happened. My guess on the deal it's that the previous on duty DOT officer remembered to turn the closed sign on but forgot to put the PrePass to green light everyone. Just a guess though maybe someone else with more knowledge will chime in.

If I were you I would either keep moving or park between other trucks. That way the black helicopters will have a more difficult time finding you.

You will probably end up with a ticket but then it is not the end of your career or the world.

We get those same Qualcomm messages from our safety department at least twice a week. Our GPS has a message each time you approach a scale or point-of-entry.