* DC - Some of the crash data used by the U.S. Department of Transportation in its truck size and weight study was flawed
-- The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of nearly 200 of the nation’s top manufacturers, shippers, carriers and allied associations, Tuesday delivered testimony urging the federal Transportation Research Board to examine truck weight safety data contained in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Comprehensive Truck Size & Weight Limits Study.
In his testimony, CTP Executive Director John Runyan highlighted what he said were several flaws associated with state-level data suggesting a higher crash rate for six-axle trucks — a conclusion referenced by DOT in its cover letter to Congress recommending against truck weight changes... Runyan said CTP supported carefully crafted truck weight reform giving each state the option to set higher interstate weight limits only for trucks equipped with six axles rather than the typical five. Because one-quarter of U.S. truck shipments meet the current interstate weight limit with space left in the trailer, this proposal would allow companies to meet demand with fewer vehicles and make the U.S. transportation network more efficient, especially as gross domestic product and population continue to grow...
Washington, DC, USA - The Trucker News - 15 July 2015Labels: heavy trucks, Longer Heavier Vehicles (LHVs), trucking industry nerws USA
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