02/05/2019
“Wait, are those blue lights behind us?” Hold on, it’s NOT Monday....but it sure felt like it first thing this morning when the DOT officer decided to pull over the landscape crew as they were pulling up to the job site! As we all know, you dread the day you get stopped by DOT but this morning actually turned out to be an awesome experience! After his initial inspection, I got the chance to talk with Officer Griffin and he could not have been any nicer or more helpful. He took the time to explain the violations (left blinker light and brake light on trailer not working due to blown fuse) that he found and how we could correct them, answered all of my questions in regards to new rules/regulations, and even provided me with his supervisors contact information so that I could reach out to him and setup an “Outreach” meeting, where a GA DOT officer or representative will come in and sit down with me and my guys and answer any questions we may have and provide us with information that will help keep us safe and compliant. As weird and crazy as this may sound, thank you Officer Griffin for your time this morning and for what you do to keep our roads and highways safe!
@ Hilton (Columbus, Georgia)