Proposed legislation promoting more flexibility for states to waive truck weight limits in emergencies could also grant state authorities greater power to increase weight limits for all types of freight, warns a lobby group opposing overweight trucks.
The bipartisan legislation introduced last month by U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Jim Costa (D-Calif.), called the Modernizing Operations for Vehicles in Emergencies, or ‘MOVE’ Act, is described as “a way to remove unnecessary roadblocks and red tape” to avert supply chain disruptions according to the bill’s sponsors, both of whom represent agribusiness shippers.