Like any other vehicles, tractor trailers are designed to carry a specific maximum amount of weight. When drivers fail to abide by these weight limits, the safety features of the large commercial vehicles may fail and accidents may be more likely to occur. To help protect motorists and pedestrians from accidents related to overloaded commercial vehicles, Illinois requires drivers to submit their trucks for weight inspections and issues citations when they find overloaded trucks. Truck carrying capacity depends on the vehicle To determine the maximum amount of weight that each tractor trailer can safely carry, Illinois, like other states in the nation, has developed a bridge formula. This formula uses the amount of space between the outer axles on the vehicle and the number of axles that the vehicle would be using to carry the load. An axle is the rod that passes through the center of a wheel or […]