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TRUCKERS BEWARE * USA - Maine deploys technology to watch commercial truckers
Truckers who skirt I-95 weigh stations, beware
Eliot,Maine,USA -Sea Coast, by Deborah McDermott -September 18, 2009: -- Motorists on Route 236 in Eliot, Maine, and on Route 1 in York may have noticed cameras perched on poles above the roadways in recent weeks and wondered if "Big Brother" was watching... The cameras — by the recycling center on Route 236 and by the York River bridge on Route 1 — are visible. Not seen and built into the roads are scales that will weigh a truck going by. If it's in weight violation, the camera snaps a picture and sends it to state police troopers at the I-95 weigh station... The system is part of a $2 million project undertaken by the Maine Department of Transportation... Called the Commercial Vehicle Systems Information and Network, or CVSIN, it's the federal government's effort to work with states nationwide to target trucking violators... (Deb Cram photo: Surveillance cameras are set up on Route 236 in Eliot to record license plates of unlawful weight limits in trucks that travel on that road)* Productivity coalition applauds passage of Maine pilot for heavier trucks
Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker News Services -18 Sept 2009: -- The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), an advocacy group of more than 100 shippers and allied associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal weight limits on interstate highways, today applauded the U.S. Senate for passing legislation enabling Maine to conduct a one-year pilot program allowing 100,000-pound, six-axle trucks on interstates within the state... (Photo: The provision must now be approved by a House Senate conference committee before it can take effect)Labels: overweight trucks
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