Advisory group debates using axles, wheels or weight to define oversized vehicles
Participants discussed alternative measures to define oversized vehicles—number of axles or wheels, vehicle length, or weight—and noted multiple jurisdictions use mixed metrics rather than a single 'magic bullet.'
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Committee members and presenters discussed the difficulty of capturing the right vehicles with a single metric. "There have been jurisdictions that talk about number of axles, number of wheels, weight, length," a speaker said, recommending a mix of variables to regulate the vehicles that actually cause damage rather than relying on one measure.
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