Commercial Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Enforcement in Europe

Continued growth in commerce and traffic congestion makes it difficult for industry to move freight economically without using larger and heavier loads. This trend challenges the effective and efficient monitoring of vehicle size and weight compliance. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study to evaluate procedures and technologies for enforcing commercial motor vehicle size and weight laws in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Switzerland. The scan team learned that the European countries use various technologies, such as bridge weigh-in-motion systems, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of motor vehicle size and weight enforcement. The team observed a greater use of mobile enforcement activities and fewer fixed roadside weight facilities in Europe than in the United States. The team’s recommendations for U.S. implementation include a pilot installation of a bridge weigh-in- motion system, a demonstration of the European mobile enforcement approach to prescreening suspected overweight vehicles, and a synthesis of existing research on linkages between overweight commercial motor vehicles and roadway safety.

• Record URL:
  http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/pubs/pl07002/vsw_eu07.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40187
• Corporate Authors:

  American Trade Initiatives

  P.O. Box 8228
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22306-8228

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of International Programs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Policy Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Honefanger, Jeff G
  • Strawhorn, Julie
  • Athey, Rick
  • Carson, Jodi
  • Conner, George
  • Jones, David
  • Kearney, Tom
  • Nicholas, John
  • Thurber, Pam
  • Woolley, Randy
• Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Bibliography; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 104p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Highway safety; Law enforcement; Oversize loads; Overweight loads; Recommendations; Size and weight regulations; Study tours; Weigh in motion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Prescreening
• Geographic Terms: Belgium; Europe; France; Germany; Netherlands; Slovenia; Switzerland
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01059066
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PL-07-002
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-99-C-005
• Files: NTL, ARRB, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 6 2007 9:37AM