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Realistically, this would put all the tax burden on heavy trucks and two axle buses. But not all trucks are fully loaded all the time, since some goods aren't d
by alwayslikethis 3y ago
Realistically, this would put all the tax burden on heavy trucks and two axle buses. But not all trucks are fully loaded all the time, since some goods aren't dense enough or there might just not be enough demand. There needs to be a way to account for the actual weight of the vehicle, instead of the nominal max load, otherwise this just incentivizes reducing the nominal weight while opportunistically overloading the vehicles. It may also incentivize alternate designs such as increasing the number of axles.
- antognini 3y agoThere are already weigh stations for trucks along highways so the actual weight is already available.
- ejb999 3y agoI haven't seen an open truck weighing station in many, many years - lots of them are built - they are almost never used.
- antognini 3y agoI think that there is usually one open along a long route. It seems they close them to keep traffic moving. From what I can tell there are now mobile scales that they often use instead.
- akira2501 3y agoIt's standard procedure at most outfits to get weighed immediately after taking on a load. You have an overall weight limit on the full vehicle, but you also have individual axle weight limits, and after taking on a load under the legal limit, you may still need to "slide your tandems" to re-balance your weight. So.. you're almost always going to stop at a "CAT scale" and get a "weight ticket." You're going to hold onto that ticket because if you do get stopped at a state checkpoint, and they show your weight differently than the scale ticket, the scale company will cover the cost of your ticket if their scale was in error. Most companies will either make this a policy or will _very_ strongly encourage their drivers to always get a scale ticket.