I’ve gotten back from a 15 hr road trip and saw a lot of weigh stations for semi trucks. How does a truck driver go through that?
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Weigh stations have big truck scales and weigh the truck one axle at a time – most places 80,000 pounds total is the maximum without a permit and there’s rules for individual axle weights too (it’s got to be spread out).
Weigh stations are also law enforcement inspection stations, commercial trucks don’t have the same legal framework as personal rigs and can be searched at will. Paperwork for the machine and driver checked. A problem means a red tag, and the truck stays at the station until it’s towed or fixed or the driver is certified to work.
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