A coalition of local officials from across the country are calling on Congress to oppose proposed legislation that will allow an increase in the length and weight of large trucks traveling on commercial highways.
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“Longer and heavier trucks would cause significantly more damage to our transportation infrastructure, costing us billions of dollars that local government budgets simply cannot afford, compromising the very routes that American motorists use every day.”
I seem to recall a news story in the 80s (maybe 20/20?) about how dangerous double and triple trailer trucks were on the highway. I guess the industry thinks it’s been long enough to try pushing for this again.
Yeah, it’s really sad how people are paid everyday to think of ways to cut corners and lower standards so rich people can make more money.
It never ends.
What if we increased the number of trailers to 12 or something… But the trucks will be so dangerous that we should give them their own separated lane… And then we can build these massive trucks that can pull 100 trailers at once…
Pretty sure doubles are legal in most states and triples are legal in a number of states as well. I don’t see any length increase details in the article, though it does mention longer trucks. The only specific mentioned is higher gross weight.