At the year of 1914. there were almost 100.000 different kind of trucks driving trough the USA and once of sudden in order to control that number government needed to react quickly to protect the road surfaces and poor rural roads. Because of the poor condition of the roads and huge weight of trucks those early trucks most of the time drove in the urban areas such us cities.
By the end of 1920 there were 1 million trucks on the road and now is much easier to realize why these set of rules needed to be implemented.
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Now days the situation is similar to the beginning of the truck weigh laws and every state has a weight limit that is set to 80.000 pounds. Of course some exceptions can be made and there are permits available to the trucking companies operating in the field of special transports where custom in size and weight loads were transferred. So 80.000 pounds is the cap for almost every trucking company.
What is the Purpose of Truck Scales?
All the regulations and ruled enforced by government and state authorities were introduced only to provide benefits to both trucking companies and general public audience. As the number of trucks started to increase dramatically over the period of years the situation required a lot of attention.
