State authorities where losing huge amount of money to fix and repair the roads and that needed to be stopped or at least controlled. Annual state budgets are worth hundreds of billions of dollars and are used to fix and repair public roads and highways are damaged by increased traffic.
Source: wncn.com
It would be even worse if there is no weight limits and truck scales to control those limitations on the road. So every time you see a truck scale on the road side having mind that they are here for our all safety and to avoid road damage and improve our safety.
Vehicles Control and Steering
Reduced possibility for accurate and smooth steering can lead to truck accidents when there a rookie driver behind the wheel. It is very important to have the weight limit set according to the regulations.
Trucking companies operating overweight trucks and are in posses with special permits allowing them to do it need to make sure the always have a really experienced truck driver driving the trucks. Of course in some cases you need to train and educate younger guys but there should be always a senior truck driver to keep an aye and make sure everything is OK.
