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Bullcrap.Senators Introduce Bill to Boost Truck Weights
Four U.S. senators have introduced legislation to allow states to increase truck weights to 97,000 pounds.
The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act, S 747, represents the renewal of a failed effort to get the same bill passed last year. Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), sponsored the legislation.
A companion bill, H.R. 763, was introduced in the House in February.
The Coalition for Transportation Productivity, a carrier and shipper group that includes American Trucking Associations, described the bill as “a carefully crafted proposal that gives each state the option to selectively raise interstate weight limits.”
http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=26493
97,000 lbs is too heavy, it's not safe and will destroy roadways and interstates.
80,000 is all the trucks brakes and road surface can handle.
Call or email your Senators to vote against S. 747.
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