Tractor/Trailer question

[billwill]

Traveling the interstate and passing a Dept of Transportation weigh station, how come some tractor trailers that were in front of my car, drove right past and did not weigh? Thought all trucks had to stop.

Any drivers out there to explain that? Lots of truck traffic this week on I40 and I77.

 

[j38]

Sensors above the roadway - maybe 1/4 mile or so before the weigh station give some trucks a pass. Maybe they've weighed earlier that day or something. I'm sure someone else can fill in there whys for you. Good catch though.

Jerry

 

[jaymz9350]

There are a few different prepass systems but they work the same. Every company has basically safety scores and the stations can set their system to pull everyone in, bypass everyone with a prepass system or only pull in trucks above a certain score.

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[Ozark Marine]

Cause they Crashed the gate doing 98 sayin' let them truckers roll 10-4 !!!
CONVOY!!!

 

[Arik]

Not all weight stations are open 24/7. There are signs a few miles back that let truckers know if it's open or closed. Some weight stations that ate closed still have the parking lot open allowing trucks to pull in for a break

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[bgrone]

pre-pass

As another poster stated most weigh stations on Interstate Highways are equipped to recognize trucks with per-pass detectors, a large part of the duty of weigh stations is to make certain that trucks are properly licensed and permitted for the freight they transport. Thus many trucks will be able to by-pass open weigh stations, this helps increase traffic flow on already busy highways.

 

[yaktamer]

Cause they Crashed the gate doing 98 sayin' let them truckers roll 10-4 !!!
CONVOY!!!

The pain was almost gone....

 

[bagga]

if the stations get backed up with too many trucks they will close them for awhile so they can get caught up. they will switch the sign to "closed" and when the line of trucks gets shorter they will reopen it.

 

[Davwingman]

Some states, like California, charge the trucking Companys a fee to use the freepass system. A few years ago it was a dollar every time you got a green light !

 

[JackM]

Those strange-looking monitors over the highway just before a weigh station communicate with Prepass transponders in the cabs of participating carriers' vehicles. All sorts of information is transmitted to the station. Personnel there make a determination if that's enough for them or not. If it is, the transponder in the cab shows a green light. If they want a closer look, for whatever reason, it's a red light and the driver has to pull in. Kind of like EZPass at the tolls or prepass check-in at the airport. You provide information, pay in advance, and avoid the lines.

 

[coltle6920]

You'll also probably never see a company truck at a weigh station...

Like Walmart or Budweiser

 

[NYlakesider]

if the stations get backed up with too many trucks they will close them for awhile so they can get caught up. they will switch the sign to "closed" and when the line of trucks gets shorter they will reopen it.

True!

Another thing at least in my area of the peoples republic of NY is many times trucks will take a chance and keep on going. Most times there is not a trooper out on the road that will pull them over. After I retired from my union I drove big trucks for a few years and saw this many times. (My company took real good care of their trucks and most time we would pull in and be waved on through)

If I have to give odds I would say most times you had a 70% of making it. The bad luck thirties would be pulled over and given a extremely heavy duty inspection and a few tickets. I have seen a few rigs towed from the scene.

 

[BigBill]

I ran over loaded around 4am when I pulled out. We rented a truck to haul elevator guide rails from ct to nyc. I never hit a open weigh station. The company was in a bind they shipped the rails to the wrong state.

When I worked for the machine tool company we shipped a 70,000lb machine one piece from ct to mass. Again another early morning run.

You gotta do what you have to do. Twenty years ago.

 

[oneounceload]

In FL, they have a prepass system for commercial vehicles. What a lot of folks do not know is that rental trucks you might use to move your stuff also needs to go through the weigh and inspection stations.

 

[Old TexMex]

In FL, they have a prepass system for commercial vehicles. What a lot of folks do not know is that rental trucks you might use to move your stuff also needs to go through the weigh and inspection stations.

Doesn't Florida use the "plata o plomo" system?

 

[Stevens]

"Plata o Plomo"
silver or lead = your money or your life

I dunno a couple of yeas ago I accidentally by passed a toll station on one of the private toll bridges. They mailed me a bill, I think it was about six $. No hired gun to track me down. I did pay, I think they had pay online with CC.

Steve W