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Overweighteds - USA - Trucks do $99M road damage
Raleigh,NC,USA -News & Observer, by Bruce Siceloff -Feb 21, 2006: -- North Carolina's highways receive $99.2 million in pavement damage each year from trucks that are illegally overweight or are exempt from weight standards, the state Department of Transportation said today... Heavy trucks tear up secondary roads in North Carolina, but state laws have allowed heavier trucks on some roads and cut in half some fines for exceeding weight limits. Drivers who try to dodge the scales on interstates are aided by a shortage of weight enforcement officers...
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