Stay Informed about the Movement Toward More Productive Trucks

Presents information from three websites that support an increase in the federal weight limit and poses questions as to the position of the State of North Carolina. Read More >>

ITRE Concerns with ATA Recommendations for the Role of More Productive Vehicles in Achieving a 'Cleaner Tomorrow' (i.e., sustainability)

There are six major recommendations in the American Trucking Association’s program for sustainability (i.e., reducing the impact of trucking on the environment). Collectively, these recommendations seek ways to increase fuel efficiency and to reduce fuel consumption...Read More >>

Read more about the American Trucking Association's position on 'more productive vehicles' - "More Productive Trucks Means a More Productive Economy" in Logistics Quarterly Magazine, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2010.

AAA Endorses SHIPA Legislation

After a thorough review of its truck size and weight policy, AAA National has officially endorsed the CABT-supported Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act (S. 779/H.R. 1618) that would freeze truck size and weight limits...(PDF:480kB) Read More.>>

Expectations of Future Crash Patterns with Increased Access by Larger Vehicles (e.g., 53 ft. trailers) to NC and US Highways

The data in the Power Point slide show (Fatal and Serious (A-level) Injury Crashes Involving CMVs as a Function of Class of Roadway (NC 2006-2007).pps) reports CMV-involved crashes in North Carolina for the period 2006-2007 that involved fatalities (K) or serious(A-Level) injuries. The data are plotted as a function of whether the crash took place...Read More >>

Sound Familiar?

An October 2007 news story by reporter Fred Hirers in Ocala, Florida, describes the problems faced by motor carrier enforcement personnel in Florida charged with enforcement of the state’s truck weight laws...Read More >>

FMCSA Internal Document Reveals Agencies Hidden Agenda on Large Truck Size and Weight

During the administration of then-Acting Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Annette Sandberg, truck safety advocates found out about a high level meeting called by the Assistant Secretary of Policy of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT).

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The Increasing Need for North Carolina’s Surface Transportation System to Accommodate Larger and Larger Vehicles

ITRE's commercial vehicle safety and security research group continues to support NC Highway Patrol's Motor Carrier Enforcement efforts to increase CMV awareness within other law enforcement agencies across the state of North Carolina. The material included here is a presentation made by Dr. Hughes as part of the CMV Awareness Training...Read More >>

Preliminary MCE Planning for CVSP and Size and Weight Plan Development

[Links to] documents represent some of ITRE’s input to the Motor Carrier Enforcement section of the NC State Highway Patrol as the Patrol’s MCE unit prepares to develop its 2008-2009 Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan (CVSP) for submission to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)...Read More >>

CMV Overweight Citations by Type of Commodity

Issued by Motor Carrier Enforcement Section of NCSHP for calendar years 2004, 2005, and 2006 (PDF: 69kB) Read More >>