[Talk-us] Weigh stations on Interstates

[Kevin Broderick]

It's worth noting that rules vary heavily by state and, in some cases, may
or may not be signed particularly well.

South Dakota, for example, has signs posted that all vehicles over 8,000
GVWR, except RVs, should stop (and that would include many pickup trucks
and vans), while Montana requires only vehicles at the CDL level (26,000
lbs and above) to stop. Several of the other states I drove through last
summer were less descriptive (e.g. "All trucks must stop" in many cases,
without defining exactly what constituted a truck).

Personally, I think it could be very helpful to have this data (and, as
already suggested, those stations that are almost always open) in OSM, but
I don't know what the best ways for tagging it would be. Having recently
done a cross-country move in a personally owned box van that was not fully
compliant with DOT specification for commercial vehicles, I was very
grateful for local advice that led me to avoid a stop at the South Dakota
port of entry.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com>
wrote:

> While one could get into access tags for weigh stations, it seems like it
> would create as many problems as it solves.
>
> --
>
> A weigh station in the USA is a mandatory stop for heavy goods vehicles,
> and prohibited entry for everyone else.
> Heavy goods vehicles with special equipment can bypass the station, if
> given a bypass signal.
> Stations are often staffed only during limited hours (many stations are
> physically present, but open only sporadically).
>
> A station, if stopping is required, will add travel time to a hgv.
>
>
>
> I think you tag it as is is, and let routing software determine the
> applicable national laws for who it stops.  The tagging should
> relate to a given way, perhaps with "addr:street", or a more fiddly
> relation.
>
> --
> A related concept is a hunter check station, and a boat check station
> (checking hunting permits and checking for invasive weeds respectively).
> California USA has agricultural check stations, mandatory for all
> vehicles, looking for invasive pests.
>
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Kevin Broderick
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