* DC - Federal study recommends no changes to truck size and weight
-- The U.S. DOT’s Federal Highway Administration believes there’s no need to increase current truck size and weight limits on America’s highways. The administration, in technical reports issued Friday, June 5, says too many gaps exist in current data about safety and other factors to recommend any changes to current limits. OOIDA leadership is pleased with the results... The technical reports are part of the Federal Highway Administration’s Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study ordered by Congress as part of the 2012 highway bill. The technical reports have been completed, but must be peer-reviewed before the agency delivers a final report to Congress... Lawmakers periodically face lobbying efforts by large shippers and carriers to increase the size and weight of trucks on the nation’s highways. Those efforts face significant pushback from small-business truckers and various other groups including safety groups... Congress ordered the study on the effects of truck sizes and weights to make determinations about highway safety, crash rates, road and bridge conditions, freight patterns and the economy... The study pulls together and analyzes existing data comparing trucks that operate within federal guidelines and trucks that operate in excess of federal guidelines by permit or state allowances. The study also ropes in stakeholder input, including from OOIDA and its membership, about how a potential increase in truck size and weight would affect small businesses, highway safety and the nation’s infrastructure...
(Photo: Weigh Stations: New feature in American Truck. Drivers cruising across American highways might occasionally be required to visit a weight alongside of the road to verify if their load complies with regulations) -- Washington, DC, USA - Land Line, by David Tanner - 5 June 2015Labels: larger and heavier trucks
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