I was on the freeway yesterday and saw a signed that said “Trucks not given bypass signal must stop at scales”. I saw several trucks in line at the scale and one pulling in, but one driving past without exiting. There also seem to be some overhead scanning devices similar the EZPass lane scanners just before the scales.
I understand why shippers would want to weigh trucks and track their shipments, but why would it be a law that people have to do this? How does it all work with the scanners and the bypass signals and the paperwork? What happens if you don’t stop?
In: Economics
A town I worked in had it’s 150 year old bridge and one of only two roads in and out closed for years due to an over weight HGV driving over it and damaging it, requiring very expensive surveying work.
It’s not about shipping or the weight of the goods and truck, it’s whether the infrastructure can take it.
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