Streakn1
Veteran Expediter
Due to a breakdown last Friday, got stuck transporting an oversized load during the 2012 road check on our way to Cali. Load should have been delivered Monday. But after 2.5 days in shop replacing clutch in Oklahoma we headed west on 40 late Sunday afternoon. Had to shut down each evening at sunset due to oversized curfews. That's where the bras come in.
Monday night shut down where we though we were safe. Noooo! Get up next morning to find some idiot has stolen our required 18"x18" red flags attached to each (4) corner right off of our oversized freight. Only had two spares. Put them on curbside of load. Can't find any cloth on-board that is red except wife's lacy red bras, expensive ones at that! Thinking it would be illegal and dangerous to run without the streetside of freight flagged with red markers, I steal the bras and nail them to the corners of the load and take off. Figure I'll replace with DOT approved flags at next truckstop about fifty miles down and before the next scale! NOT
Closest truckstop has no flags. Back to interstate and head west. Cars passing and honking horns and taking pics with camera phones. One well endowed babe flashes breast, TWICE! Suddenly, spot sign on shoulder "ALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES EXIT NEXT RIGHT" I think "OH SH*T!" Can do nothing but go in with the bras on!
DOT immediately makes a space for me to park for inspection. Stands there staring at my bras, says nothing at first, doesn't even crack a smile. Finally looks up and says "What the HELL are those?" I sheepishly smile and say "MY Bras, sir." WRONG!!!!!! He sees no humor in my situation. Come on, you gotta admit you don't see that everyday. Gotta make you laugh. NOT HIM. He makes it clear he is about to rip me a new #&!-hole when his buddies (including supervisor) walks up. It seems word of the truck with the bras spread like wildfire down the inspection line. They were laughing so hard that Bossman felt sorry for my situation and let me buy some flags from another decker there and remove my bras. Then after checking my permits and load securement let me go without a ticket because I tried doing the right thing. Did tell me next time just us a shop rag or something else, no more bras cause I'm liable to cause an accident.
Oh, and wife's making me buy her new ones since those got a bit tore up from whipping in the wind ! LOL Sorry I didn't get photos of the bra flags in action but you can see where I had to mount them in place of the streetside flags on the corners of the freight.Yes this is true for you doubters out there!
Monday night shut down where we though we were safe. Noooo! Get up next morning to find some idiot has stolen our required 18"x18" red flags attached to each (4) corner right off of our oversized freight. Only had two spares. Put them on curbside of load. Can't find any cloth on-board that is red except wife's lacy red bras, expensive ones at that! Thinking it would be illegal and dangerous to run without the streetside of freight flagged with red markers, I steal the bras and nail them to the corners of the load and take off. Figure I'll replace with DOT approved flags at next truckstop about fifty miles down and before the next scale! NOT
Closest truckstop has no flags. Back to interstate and head west. Cars passing and honking horns and taking pics with camera phones. One well endowed babe flashes breast, TWICE! Suddenly, spot sign on shoulder "ALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES EXIT NEXT RIGHT" I think "OH SH*T!" Can do nothing but go in with the bras on!
DOT immediately makes a space for me to park for inspection. Stands there staring at my bras, says nothing at first, doesn't even crack a smile. Finally looks up and says "What the HELL are those?" I sheepishly smile and say "MY Bras, sir." WRONG!!!!!! He sees no humor in my situation. Come on, you gotta admit you don't see that everyday. Gotta make you laugh. NOT HIM. He makes it clear he is about to rip me a new #&!-hole when his buddies (including supervisor) walks up. It seems word of the truck with the bras spread like wildfire down the inspection line. They were laughing so hard that Bossman felt sorry for my situation and let me buy some flags from another decker there and remove my bras. Then after checking my permits and load securement let me go without a ticket because I tried doing the right thing. Did tell me next time just us a shop rag or something else, no more bras cause I'm liable to cause an accident.
Oh, and wife's making me buy her new ones since those got a bit tore up from whipping in the wind ! LOL Sorry I didn't get photos of the bra flags in action but you can see where I had to mount them in place of the streetside flags on the corners of the freight.Yes this is true for you doubters out there!
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