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HEAVIER TRUCKS DEBATE * USA - Safety advocates oppose program allowing they
The Arkansas Trucking Association, said people must decide whether they want more trucks on the road, or fewer trucks carrying heavier loads
Washington,DC,USA -The Arkansas News (Little Rock,AR,USA), by Sara Spivey -May 15, 2008: -- Officials from insurance and safety groups protested efforts by shipping and trucking industries to establish a test program that would allow larger rigs to carry heavier loads... The trucking industry is advocating a pilot plan that would permit freight trucks to transport an additional 17,000 pounds along roads in Maine, Minnesota, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin... Federal law currently limits trucks driving on interstate highways to 80,000 pounds... More than 300,000 tons of freight is driven through Arkansas every day. The state is home to four major trucking companies and 84,000 trucking and distribution employees... Lane Kidd, president of the Arkansas Trucking Association, said people must decide whether they want more trucks on the road, or fewer trucks carrying heavier loads... (Video from YouTube, by Darbkin - April 15, 2007: "Extremely heavy hauling to Fort McMurray, Alberta" - These coker ovens weigh more than 500 tons, 10 meters in diameter, 80 meters long, are are on their way from Edmonton to the oilsands plants at Fort McMurray. They have as many as 7 tractors pulling and pushing, the Scheurle trailer units have 160 wheels each. Travel speed is from 10-30 kmh... Two companies handle the hauling, Mammoet Transportation Inc. and Premay Equipment Ltd. in Edmonton)
* Trucking-shipper group lobbies for larger trucks
Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -15 May 2008: -- A coalition of about 30 trucking carriers, shippers, and manufacturers is in Washington in an attempt to convince Congress to adopt several demonstration pilot projects involving larger trucks in select U.S. states... The plan could be written into an upcoming congressional highway reauthorization bill. The current highway bill is scheduled to expire in September of 2009. Americans for Safe and Efficient Transportation -- which includes several state trucking associations -- is targeting Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Carolina and Georgia to experiment with larger, heavier trucks. Texas also remains a strong possibility to be added... Flanked by the usual smattering of trucking industry critics -- like the Truck Safety Coalition, a partnership of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) and Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.) -- Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook held a press conference to urge Congress to ignore the business coalition's proposals... Of course, basic economic logic would suggest that the number of trucks on the roadways is a response to economic activity and growing freight demand, not the other way around... (Photo: A campaign to allow bigger trucks on US highways has attracted the usual gathering of critics and watchdogs) Labels: safety
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