There is a lot of talk about raising the current 80,000 Lb weight limit that trucks are currently allowed to haul to a staggering 100,000 lb Weight Limit. The more I hear about the growing number of people supporting this issue the more the knot in my stomach grows. I sit here and ponder on the issue of the stupidity of these supporters or could it be just as simple as a 5 letter word that has never had a good impact on anything in life “GREED”. How many
lives have been ruined by greed? How many people have lost their lives over greed? I personally don’t think we have room in the trucking industry for any more greed. Just for example let’s say 100,000,000 Lbs of freights gets loaded daily, this means it would take 1250 trucks currently to move this freight. Now you raise this to the 100,000 weight limit now you only need 1000 trucks. Which we all know there’s a lot more than 1250 trucks on the road. So My Question is what do these 250 drivers do that no job? With the economy in such trouble and companies closing their doors daily leaving so many drivers jobless, I don’t think this is a chance we as Americans need to take. But the issue goes even deeper then the amount of jobs that will be lost. What about safety? How many trucks have you seen with smoking brakes over the years? You add 20,000 Lbs of weight to truck already coming down Vail Pass with smoking brakes you are sure to increase the business at the local funeral home. What about that car that cut the driver off and he barely missed them, if they had on 20,000 Lbs more would they of still missed that car? What about that bridges that are bogged down with 80,000 lb trucks already, does that mean we will see another Bridge fall like we did on I-35 In August of 2007? More weight makes no since to me and I think it not only very selfish of the supporters to ask for heavier trucks but also flat out STUPID.