If the state starts its crackdown against overweight or unsafe tractor-trailer trucks, more trucks may take to the back roads to avoid inspections.
"Any time the weigh station is open at Exit 2, we can tell because our public works garage is on Route 37. We see the trucks," said New Fairfield First Selectman John Hodge.
Truckers will go around a weigh station if sitting in line is going to take a lot of time, said Hodge, who has had an interstate trucking license since 1986, when he was driving theatrical scenery between the Gateway Playhouse on Long Island and the Candlewood Playhouse in New Fairfield. Trucks drive through New Fairfield and Danbury streets to avoid the weigh station on Interstate 84 at Exit 2.
Hodge said a legitimate driver with a well-maintained truck, who faces no problems by being weighed and inspected, can't afford to spend too much time waiting in line at a weigh station.
"The weigh station on I-84 at Exit 2 had a national reputation as a difficult station," Hodge said. The station cost drivers too much time, he said, and instead of just weighing the truck and making sure it was safe, some inspectors would gather information about cargo. That was too time-consuming for truckers, who are restricted by federal law from driving too many hours in a row.
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"Any time the weigh station is open at Exit 2, we can tell because our public works garage is on Route 37. We see the trucks," said New Fairfield First Selectman John Hodge.
Truckers will go around a weigh station if sitting in line is going to take a lot of time, said Hodge, who has had an interstate trucking license since 1986, when he was driving theatrical scenery between the Gateway Playhouse on Long Island and the Candlewood Playhouse in New Fairfield. Trucks drive through New Fairfield and Danbury streets to avoid the weigh station on Interstate 84 at Exit 2.
Hodge said a legitimate driver with a well-maintained truck, who faces no problems by being weighed and inspected, can't afford to spend too much time waiting in line at a weigh station.
"The weigh station on I-84 at Exit 2 had a national reputation as a difficult station," Hodge said. The station cost drivers too much time, he said, and instead of just weighing the truck and making sure it was safe, some inspectors would gather information about cargo. That was too time-consuming for truckers, who are restricted by federal law from driving too many hours in a row.
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