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Pitched Laws * USA - Drivers bypass weigh stations; lobbyists help keep it legal
Texas consistently leads the nation in big-truck fatalities. But ...Dallas,TX,USA -The Dallas Morning News, by STEVE McGONIGLE -Dec 12, 2006: -- Residents of New Waverly, Texas, don't need a brightly flashing road sign to know when the state's weigh station on Interstate 45 is open for business... All they have to do is watch for the inevitable caravan of tractor-trailers making a brief course change through the one-stoplight hamlet, heading north toward Dallas... Last year, Walker County officials asked lawmakers to make it a traffic offense to bypass a weigh station, where troopers can do safety inspections. But after the trucking lobby depicted the proposal as revenue-driven and a potential source of harassment for honest drivers, the bill fizzled... The weigh station bill was among dozens of trucking-related laws pitched during the 2005 legislative session... (Photo by KYE R. LEE/DMN - An 18-wheeler (left) exits ahead of the New Waverly weigh station on Interstate 45. Residents say that when the station is open, their one-stoplight town is clogged with tractor-trailers bypassing inspections. Last year, Walker County officials asked lawmakers to make it a traffic offense to avoid a weigh station. But the bill fizzled amid opposition from the trucking industry)
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