Show highway rp use by trucks isreal Is real ueal problem v the problem of how to pay for highways which are arc ndel adequate bite to carry the huge modern com corn mercial trucks and anti trailers it is being g ulven given I 1 v c n on an increasing amount of tt attention by the am public the problem Is a real one the truckers usually argue that they pay large taxes and hat khot is true however the break breaky down of highways under big vehicles can be seen scon by anyone according to gov warren ol 01 california it costs 22 percent more to build highways that will stand up under truck po pounding lunding than those built for private vehicles alone according to gov duff of pennsylvania a study made in the state indicate indicates that it costs a year to maintain each mile mlle of pavement Y used by trucks and only t to 0 maintain highways over which the trucks do not operate the situation has been further complicated by the fact that some sonic truckers have apparently made a policy of disregarding legal weight limits and have sent their vehicles out carrying loads which literally murder the highways oklahoma is one of the states which is acting to prevent this it has a law making possible penalties of as much as for single tingle offenses cs of gross overloading in any event the cost of build ing and maintaining the high ways seems to have brought on severe headaches in most of the states and big trucks are large larre ly the cause of it the question which must be answered is whether the trucks are arc actual ly paying a fair share of the ex pense A good many experts have come to the view that the trucks arent doing that now and so as a result all other taxpayers and motorists are indirectly subsidizing this commercial business |