[Tagging] maxweight : x tons exept for bus

[Warin]

On 9/9/24 19:39, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> Am Mo., 9. Sept. 2024 um 10:55 Uhr schrieb Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>:
>
>     It has nothing to do with the vehicle specification.
>
>     The sign is there to stop the destruction of the way through
>     overloading
>     the structure, thus an unload hgv may meet the required weight
>     limit and
>     use the way, but when loaded exceed the weigh limit and not be
>     able to
>     use the same way.
>
>
>
> it may depend on the area, but around here restrictions relating to 
> actual weight are rather rare, because they are impractical to verify, 
> while weight ratings can be seen in the vehicle documents and are easy 
> to check.
>
Public and private weigh brides exist in Australia, portable and fixed 
ones are used by the roads authority to check vehicles are not 
overloaded. So these are both practical,do exist and get used. Weigh 
limits on bridges are like speed limits, so there is a legal obligation 
to know the actual weigh or at least that the weight is well below the 
limit for the bridge.

  In the UK weigh bridges are not unusual  at suppliers to document the 
weight of goods supplied along with checking the vehicles maximum weight 
is not exceeded.


Is this yet another tag that has been 'misinterpreted'?

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