The poll, commissioned by the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks and conducted by McLaughlin and Associates, showed a strong majority of respondents (57 percent to 27 percent) oppose legislation currently under consideration in the Indiana General Assembly that would increase the maximum weight of trucks from 80,000 pounds to 120,00 pounds.
When asked whose opinion they trusted most on this issue, 52 percent of respondents said law enforcement and safety groups followed by truck drivers at 24 percent – two groups that have come out in opposition to the increase. Hoosiers also assign higher priority to road quality/maintenance (49 percent) and road safety (42 percent) than the push to lower semi-truck transportation costs (5 percent).