The American Trucking Association is lobbying Congress for a truck weight increase from 80,000 lbs to 97,000 lbs and heavier.
These heavier trucks are exactly the kind of increased traffic the NTSB recommended stay off our bridges.
Taking Trucking's New Measures
Size and weight battle lines being drawn as trucking productivity moves to forefront. More...
Did You Know?According to its 2004 highway study, the US DOT "does not favor change in federal truck size and weight policy." |
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