ATA: States Should Raise Truck Size, Weight Limits
Executive Says Heavier Tractor-Trailers Would Reduce Number of Shipments
WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations last week said Congress should allow states to approve truck size and weight increases such as those suggested by a report saying heavier tractor trailers could improve trucking industry efficiency.Not all truckers agreed. In separate interviews, they said new standards allowing heavier, longer trucks would place some carriers at a competitive disadvantage.
Michael Card, president of Combined Transport in Central Point, Ore., testified for ATA in a May 21 House Highway and Transit Subcommittee hearing on highway congestion. He encouraged Congress to give states the authority to set size and weight standards that would allow tractor-trailers to exceed the current 80,000-pound Interstate limit.
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