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CHP officer warns tight county roads pose rollover risk; supervisors ask staff to explore truck-route and weight restrictions
Summary
A California Highway Patrol commercial vehicle enforcement officer told the board Climax Road and parts of Ridge Road are narrow with tight curves and recent overturned commercial-vehicle incidents; supervisors directed staff to research declaring or restricting truck routes and weight limits.
A California Highway Patrol commercial vehicle enforcement officer told the Amador County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 25 that narrow lanes and tight curves on some local roads make them unsuitable for long commercial combinations and have contributed to recent rollovers.
Officer Brian Morse, assigned to the Valley Division Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit, described on-the-road measurements and recent incidents on Climax Road and Upper Ridge Road. He said lanes on Climax are about 9 to 10 feet wide, compared with 12-foot lanes on major highways, and that a combination truck and trailer up to 65 feet long and up to 80,000 pounds is…
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