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?
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Yeah. As the other guy said. It’s that some roads and bridges are built with certain tolerances. Driving something too heavy, especially if it’s not broadly distributed (which is why some of the limits say per axle) could degrade if not outright ruin a road that wasn’t engineered to withstand that much.
As far as enforcement… :shrug:. But commercial trucking is pretty heavily regulated. I’m sure if you fuck up a few times, you’ll lose your CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) and then you’d really be up shit creek as that’s likely your only livelihood. And even though in the past truckers fudged their books (and I’m sure still do to some extent) technology has taken so the company can keep track of where they go and for how long they’re moving. And the company doesn’t want to eat a huge violation and fine just because the driver wanted to shave 20 miles off of their trip.
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