Overweight

[Tom Warner]

Bob Loomas is correct, he should know being a commercial truck driver
for many many years. Weighing stations do not want motorhomes to go
through their facilities since they can cause traffic to back up and
are a potentil traffic safety hazards. But if you do mistakenly go
thru a scale and are in violation of one or more laws you can bet
your bottom dollar that you will be cited and fined. Why would any
motorhome owner even think about using one?

Weigh stations are for checking the regulatory compliance of
commercial trucks ONLY, and each state comes under the direction of
the Department of Transportation (DOT). They are already over
burdened by the dramatic increase of commercial trucks on the roads.
Some states (Virginia for instance) have renamed weigh stations and
are now calling them Motor Carrier Service Centers others like
California are calling them Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
Facilities (commonly called Weigh Stations or Truck
Scales), http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/weight/. The
renaming of weigh stations should give everyone a clue as to their
purpose and whom they service. I quickly checked the various states
and could not find one single reference to motorhomes but someone
else can try if they like. http://www.coopsareopen.com/ . A word to
the wise.sometimes a little common sense is the best policy....let
sleeping dogs lie.

tom warner
vernon center,ny
1985 PT 40


At 11:18 AM 4/6/2007, you wrote:
>Don,
>All well and good... It does not say that on the road, so I would
>take that as ALL vehicles regardless whether a truck, bus or RV...
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>Sea Ya
>Larry
>NYC
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: Don Bradner
>To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2007 11:15:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Overweight
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