| Show - - vtetO'vt0i4?0ig - if' ins vision atrist's 500 in - : Lo-e 1991 Lward ': r with ae the !s and nshaw urten- - pre- ildren Lost to lies in arried re the - ten atur- - be tected The new technology doesn't require trucks to stop on scales At a weigh station truckers just drive over the sensors find a parking space and go to a counter to quickly buy a permit Or as demonstrated Wednesday the scales can be moved to any spot for special purpose data collection or enforcement Perry Kent FlIWA project coordinator said his "traveling show" sells technology rather than brands of equipment Many states are still embracing the technology and like Utah engineers and planners are weigh-in-motio- still eagerly gathering information and rounding up funding support The technology will be incorporated in Utah's and Arizona's new joint "superpor t" being built on 115 in St George But most everywhere else in the state older technology remains Beside the need to tighten up enforcement said Glenn B Goodrich chief of UDOT's new Motor Carriers Division the state also "needs this to plan the building of our roads" Compared to a few years ago "there is so much additional truck we never knew how traffic now much it would grow" he said recorded many of vehicles exceeding the 55 mph limit and many trucks appearing to be significantly overweight Several truckers quickly changed lanes going over orange cones to avoid being measured If the vehicle is an automobile or light truck the information may be more useful for advance planning than anything iimmediate But if the vehicle is a semi pulling a couple of heavy trailers the information is of vital importance to highway planners and truck weight and safety enforcement officials the nquet we oe ob- it the - ies at i Ser- - — 1 computer has -gauged and recorded the vehicle's- weight length the length between its axles and its speed Any speed is automatically measured on every vehicle every time " techIt's called nology and it's the darling of highway ofgti eisa Is just about everywhere As ofI a Federal Highway Administration project team Utah Transportation Department officials Wednesday morning got a peek at n equipment during a demonstration on westbound Interstate 80 at 7200 West Wednesday ia varied mix of vehicles headed west to Tooele County and beyond: commercial vehicles heavy trucks icars and recreational vehicles Equipment Ithough it was not calibrated for the demonstration as an enforcement situation 41 :— But the problem is not ascertaining truck weights The problem is one of numbers cost and time Utah has eight permanent weigh stations or ports of entry but traditional mechanical scales are slow They require a lot of manpower and they slow down truck traffic significantly At times scale operators are so rushed they are forced to wave trucks on Sometimes manpower is so tight ports close to business That's when fees are lost and grossly overloaded vehicles go unde- "weigh-in-motion- Iren sville Ethyl ploy- Detector Tribune Staff Writer Motoring down the freeway drivers may hardly notice a couple of black stripes iacross the pavement Thump thump under the tires and that's that But the black stripes are connected to a computer In an instant the iltural 411 t By Dave Jonsson won - Westminster Offers Scholarship Aid For Legal Program -- 0 help officials decide just how much pavement to lay down depending on the amount of truck traffic Mr Goodrich said that with only eight ports widely situated around the state "a lot of truck traffic goes down other roads and we don't know anything about it" Both officials and truckers know that a driver can avoid enforcement hassles just by using certain routes through the state — "baekroads" as it were — that don't take them past a port of entry heavy trucks do immense damage to highways (As vehicle weight goes up damage goes up exponentially) Trucks weighing over 80000 pounds are allowed to continue if their drivers pay fees and take out overweight permits Above about 110000 1 1 - lu depending on axle poupds it varied configuration itrucks are ordered off the highway until their loads are lightened The fees they pay are supposed to help offset highway repair costs with sex pregnancy and drugs in front of elementary school kids" Hunter 4200 S 5600 West Granite District's newest high school and the improvisational troupe is the first of its kind in the district It took a lot of work before September 1990 for troupe director and Hunter High counselor Pat Smart to assemble 25 actors She recruited students who had been attending Kearns Granger and Cyprus high schools but would be transferred to the new school "Our skits are usually no longer than five minutes The important thing is the processing that's going on to make sure there is some discussion taking place We want kids to identify with what's going on in the skit and try to hit them on an emotional level by making it as realistic as possible" reluctant to talk about controversial matters are finding a medium to express their views: act- 'VI !IN i ing The Hunter High Improvisational Troupe has created an open forum for discussion about topics teenagers avoid discussing with their I 1 I parents The troupe takes the role of a peer group when performing before jutc' nior and senior high audiences When performing for elementary schools the group promotes drug k f I J9 ) prevention and "We constantly change and revise the skits And in the discussions we have with the audience after the skits we get new ideas for new scenes" she said "Our kids are very intuitive and in touch with what's going op Of course there are parameters we have to follow when dealing i self-estee- rgiV x:i: The certificate program approved by the American Bar Association qualifies graduates to work as legal assistants under supervision of an attorney Graduates of the program are currently employed in law firms corporate legal departments government agencies and real estate and insurance companies Classes designed for the working adult are held three evenings a week on Westminster's Campus and at the University of Utah Law Library Interested applicants must have one or more years of education or relevant work experience and complete a k orientation workshop introducing students to the field and assisting them in preparing applications Students wishing to begin the program in September should take the May 15 through June 26 workshop held Wednesday nights from 7 to 9 pm A second session will be held Sept 11 through Oct 23 for those wishing to enter the program in January Cost for the workshops is $75 1 data are increasingly used to evaluate colleges and universities nationally but Utah and other states vary widely in their approaches according to a Legislative Auditor General's report "Notwithstanding the enthusiasm many groups have for assessment many educators nationwide remain cautious" said the report released Wednesday Utah has recently begun its own student assessment program for state colleges and universities but the report said it was too early to judge its effective liii ---- N 4 I III 1 0 111-- I0 : 14 commercial- 0 Eralsyscoubont:ges NO' DOWN- 2 - 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