Truck Traffic's Effect On Highways
Call For Impartial Investigation
BY BRUCE BIOSSAT
The nation's governors believe big trucks ire seriously damtging
U. S. highways. They blame "'deliberate overloading" for much of the
harm.
At the recent governor's conference they got support for their
views from Thomas MacDonald, U. S. public roads commissioner. Hi
has long charged the trucking industry with consciously violating state
laws limiting truck loads.
This whole issue is confused by
the conflicting claims of truckers
and highway engineers. The Asso
ciation of State Highway Officials
recommends 11,000 pounds per ax
axle as the safe weight for ordinary
highway 'pavements (weight per
axle is the critical figure).
But the truckers say the re
commended limit is too low. They
argue that poor engineering, wea
thering and other factors have
more to do with highway damage
than overloading.
They declare further they they
will abide by the findings of im
partial tests bearing on the ef
fect of Heavy truck loading.
Right now the U. S. Public Roads
bureau is conducting a series ol
such tests. Bureau officials insist
they are strictly down the middle
and have no wish to favor one
side or the other in this dispute.
But it isn't clear that the truck
ers will accept their, tests as suf
ficiently impartial.
Yet, if they do not rate them
satisfactory, it would seem fair
from the public's standpoint that
they devote their energies to ar
ranging for suitable experiments.
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And it would seem proper, too,
that they wait until such tests have
been made before lobbying in state
after state for higher weight limits
Evidence is definite that truckers
have already been successful in
such a campaign in many states.
It is hard to reconcile these acti
vities with thejr expressed will
ingness to accept scientific, im
partial findsings on weight limits.
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000 pounds per axle is a wise ceil
ing? Furthermore, there can be no
justification ' for any deliberate
touting of the load limits, as gov
ernor after governor has charged.
No one anywhere is question
ing the role of the truck in the
U. S. transportation economy. No
one wants to rule it off the road
not even the big truck.
The average American, who pro
bably drives a car and almost cer
tainly pays some of the taxes that
build U. S. highways, merely would
like to be sure that his roads are
not abused. He would like to feel
that the highway laws in the 48
states reflect the scientific facts
about highway damage.
. Unitl those facts can be deter
mined, all legislative action relat
ing to weight limits ought to be
suspended. This i s MacDonald's
advice to the governors, and also
the urging of the Council of State
Governments. Let's hope the
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