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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Most of the times they are closed. When they are open, blinking signs will state as such, saying all trucks must pull in. They drive over a scale to make sure their trailers are not overloaded.
Overloaded trailers can have bad effects for multiple reasons. From breaking distance to road wear to max limits on overpasses/bridges.
Depending on the station they might do more than just check the weight. Some will have inspectors go over the whole truck for safety violations. From the tiny clip lights on the side to busting out the roller and checking under neath the truck.
They do have things similar to an EZ-pass where the truck does not have to stop and can be weighed as they drive on a certain part of the roadway. Also they can tune to certain channels for notifications of such.
If they do pass one, with out stopping, they can be pulled over by troopers and issued violations.
I used to work for a moving company and we got stopped at one. It was a double cab cabin, I was in the back with another guy. We were there for a long time. We got yelled out for sleeping while we waited.
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