As noted in a recent report and previous reports, there is nothing in the rules against cops giving someone a ticket or attempting to weigh trucks on the ferry or at the terminals themselves. This essentially leads to farming of arrests and/or loss of loads from either arrest or falling off the ferry.
As we all know, once the ferry is in motion, you can't really stop. Even though you may be stopped on the ferry, the game still records you as being in motion cause the ferry is moving. Therefore you can't do /pay and you can't stop for the weight check.
Also look at the terminals. We have 30 seconds to empty out the ferry before it leaves for the other terminal. This is why there is the unwritten rule that those at the terminal should wait for those on the ferry to get off before they get on.
A cop sitting at the terminal could spam the "2" button, issuing those tickets and forcing weighs on trucks. Each of those vehicles have to stop and do /pay or have the cop perform the weight check, which could potentially keep vehicles from getting off the ferry and therefore they loose their loads as they slide off the ferry cause its now going in the opposite direction. Throw in the loss for paying for a ferry ride they never took and it could turn into a hard hit in the pocketbook.
TL:dr
Cop rules should add the following rules:
1. Vehicles cannot be fined or weighed while on the ferry or while the ferry is in the motion.
2. Vehicles cannot be fined or weighed when at the ferry terminals. Ferry terminals are defined as the entire area of Los Santos Island, the dock portion at the ferry terminal at Ocean Docks, Los Santos, and the road leading to the ferry terminal at Ocean Docks, Los Santos.
As we all know, once the ferry is in motion, you can't really stop. Even though you may be stopped on the ferry, the game still records you as being in motion cause the ferry is moving. Therefore you can't do /pay and you can't stop for the weight check.
Also look at the terminals. We have 30 seconds to empty out the ferry before it leaves for the other terminal. This is why there is the unwritten rule that those at the terminal should wait for those on the ferry to get off before they get on.
A cop sitting at the terminal could spam the "2" button, issuing those tickets and forcing weighs on trucks. Each of those vehicles have to stop and do /pay or have the cop perform the weight check, which could potentially keep vehicles from getting off the ferry and therefore they loose their loads as they slide off the ferry cause its now going in the opposite direction. Throw in the loss for paying for a ferry ride they never took and it could turn into a hard hit in the pocketbook.
TL:dr
Cop rules should add the following rules:
1. Vehicles cannot be fined or weighed while on the ferry or while the ferry is in the motion.
2. Vehicles cannot be fined or weighed when at the ferry terminals. Ferry terminals are defined as the entire area of Los Santos Island, the dock portion at the ferry terminal at Ocean Docks, Los Santos, and the road leading to the ferry terminal at Ocean Docks, Los Santos.
