Weight Stations

[Jungwirth]

Hey,

can someone explain me, when the game choose that i have to go to a weight station and when not?
Is threre a logic or is it just random?

Greeting
Fox

[Rogue]

Random mostly. If your let through one the next one is likely to get you.

[Jungwirth]

Originally posted by RoadHog:

Random mostly. If your let through one the next one is likely to get you.

Ok. So how does it work in real life? Does the trucker get a notification like ingame, too?

[Tark]

No. There is no passing by one in real life. You come to a weigh station, you go in.

[Hylton Trucking]

Originally posted by Tark:

No. There is no passing by one in real life. You come to a weigh station, you go in.

Pre-Pass is what a lot of trucks have that most states use for bypassing scales.
There are strips on the road that weigh you and a scanner overhead that reads a box in your cab (much like EZ-Pass) and then you get a green or red light. Works very much like the game

[jasonharris2]

Originally posted by Swiper the Fox:

Originally posted by RoadHog:

Random mostly. If your let through one the next one is likely to get you.

Ok. So how does it work in real life? Does the trucker get a notification like ingame, too?

in real life there is a sign like this www.wegenwiki.nl/images/thumb/Weigh_Station-1.jpg/400px-Weigh_Station-1.jpg

[Zero [是鷺]]

If a driver doesn't have a pre-pass, just gotta look for they open or closed sign. That's wy you hear a lot of drivers pray a weigh station is closed lol

[Slim Pickens]

I've been a trucker for 22 years and I'm a Teamster. Just go around the scales if you can. If you can't, then sleep or pray your comic book isn't too funny.

[Nasenhupe]

What do i have to do when a weight station comes close and a red lamp in the blue thingy in the windshield is lit? Exit the station or not? I got the red light in my cockpit and did not exit at the station and was not fined.

[AyMazingATS]

Then you have fines disabled Nasenhupe. If fines were enabled, you would have money deducted for passing the station when you were supposed to enter.

Red Light = enter and stop at scales
Green Light = You can bypass

[Long Ago [Linux]]

Originally posted by Tark:

No. There is no passing by one in real life. You come to a weigh station, you go in.

In my area (IL, WI) there is something before the weigh station probably similar to the wpass that allows trucks to bypass the weigh station if they get a signal. But not being a real trucker (other than pickup truck), I don't know what that is based on (being previously checked, weighed at some other approved weigh station, or random if they get too busy).

[Nasenhupe]

I thought i have fines enabled because i usually get fines when running over a red light or stuff like that. But i will check it, thank you :)