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.
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…
This is simply Congress’ solution to a truck driver shortage … allow longer, heavier trailers that will create more toxic CO2 levels and disaster-level gridlocks in major cities.
Congress really aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed.
It’s tough on the roads, but less trucks (even if each one is producing slightly more CO2 than usual) would be a net decrease in CO2 overall. Drivers better be on point though, the extra momentum is nothing to play around with.
Ahh man, I hope this gets passed through. The next step would be to restrict the speed of trucks on the highway and prevent trucks overtaking trucks.
After this I hope to see a greater implementation of cargo trains for large distances between distribution hubs, with small cargo trucks for the final leg.
