Commercial Motor Vehicle Weight Enforcement

Overview

Significant growth in domestic and international commerce, coupled with ever-increasing traffic congestion and delay on surface transportation networks, challenge industries’ ability to move freight economically without use of larger and heavier load movements This trend challenges limited enforcement resources tasked with monitoring vehicle size and weight compliance in the interest of infrastructure preservation and in response to the structural constraints of the existing infrastructure The Commercial Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Enforcement (VSW) Scan Tour, conducted from June 16th through July 2nd, 2006, included a review and evaluation of contemporary European procedures and technologies for enforcing commercial motor vehicle size and weight laws and regulations