I still can't believe the arrogance of the DOT Official I had the miserable occasion to talk to today. Talk about somebody that thinks they are J. Edgar Hoover, would be an understatement. Now listen, guys, I was polite and respectful, but this prick treated me like I was a common thug. First thing he told me was he was instrumental in getting the State to allow DOT officers to carry a gun, and equip their vehicles with Radar, so, as he said, "they could control these idiots out here driving Trucks like they were cars!" He then went on to inform me that, in his view, if a man needs a gun to drive a Truck, he needs to seek other employment. He then said that while it is legal, at this time, to carry a firearm in a Commercial Vehicle in WV, he and his "people", were trying to limit that by getting a law passed that required the gun to be unloaded, and the gun and ammo be placed in a lock box, on the opposite side of the Truck, if you're driving a Day-Cab, and if you're driving a Sleeper Cab, require the gun and ammo be in a lock box, outside the cab, in the side door, under the Sleeper. I was stunned at the drivel that came out of this guys mouth! It was like I was dreaming, and beamed-down into liberal hell! I mean, it was all I could do to not get his ass wound up, but I considered the source, and just listened. What's worse than that is, that's the kind of people we've got out here in the WV DOT. He's been fed all this chit, too, 'cause it's as obvious as the balls on a tall dog, that he lacked the intelligence to be speaking his own words. The one thing he said that did ring true with me was; "don't break the law, and you won't get stopped. If you don't get stopped, you won't get searched." If this moron represents the majority of LEO's here, it's a sad day in the Mountain State. There endeth the lesson. Later--HUBBARD