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VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT REGULATIONS, PERMIT OPERATION, AND FUTURE TRENDS

Robert Layton, William G Whitcomb

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This paper reviews current limits on truck sizes and weights, present practices in permit issuance, and current trends in vehicle sizes and weights. Present legal limits on sizes and weights are summarized, and the permit operations of several states are reviewed. Future trends in the sizes and weights of trucks are indicated. Problems of and implications for the present highway system are identified and discussed. /Author/

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Key concepts: Truck, Transport engineering, Current (fluid), Operations research, Computer science, Engineering, Automotive engineering, Electrical engineering