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HEAVIER TRUCKS * USA - Bill counters push for
Americans for Safe and Efficient Transportation, lobbied Congress to adopt pilot projects in the upcoming highway reauthorization bill
Washington,DC,USA -eTrucker, by Jill Dunn -22 May 2008: -- ... They are advocating that Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, South Carolina, Wisconsin and possibly Texas pilot a study allowing 97,000 pounds tractor-trailers and requiring a sixth axle (a third trailer axle) for these trucks... The current highway bill expires in September 2009, but deliberations already have started on the next bill... The group notes Canada and Mexico copies Europe in using heavier tractor-trailers, but loads entering the U.S. must get special permits or be broken up among smaller trucks, worsening congestion, pollution, cost and fuel use... Tests by the U.S. Department of Transportation indicate that a six-axle 97,000-pound truck is almost as safe as a five-axle 80,000-pound truck, ASET argues... Transportation Research Board's 2000 study recommended pilot projects on heavier trucks... Opponents of the increase include the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association, the Teamsters, Public Citizen and Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. Todd Spencer, OOIDA’s executive vice president, said the increase could negatively affect safety and structural integrity of some federal aid highways... (Photo from BigLorryBlog (UK): Scheuerle trailers) Labels: biggest trucks
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