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Optimistic Paranoid wrote:

burningman wrote:

Not this again. You literally made all of that up.
How about citing one real world example where that ever happened?

From a 2007 Legislative Reference Report prepared for the CT state legislature:

March 20, 2007



2007-R-0214

*CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR OVERWEIGHT TRUCKS*

By: Zachary Schurin, Legislative Fellow

You asked how Connecticut's criminal penalties for the operation of
overweight trucks compare to the penalties imposed by Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island.

*SUMMARY*

Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island all enforce
maximum truck weight laws through fines. There are no laws in any of
these states that explicitly provide prison terms for maximum weight
violations. However, Connecticut and these other states have criminal
statutes such as manslaughter and assault that can be used against the
owner or operator of an overweight truck.

. . .
*CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK
AND RHODE ISLAND*

As is the case with Connecticut criminal law, the absence of specific
statutes in Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island regarding the
operation of overweight trucks does not preclude vehicle operators or
owners from criminal prosecution. All three states have laws that punish criminal negligence in its various forms. The ancient legal doctrines of manslaughter and assault are codified in the penal codes of Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island, and provide the structural basis for charges against owners and operators whose overweight trucks cause accidents that result in death or serious injury.

Had you posted the rest of that...

Maximum Allowable Commercial Vehicle Gross Weights in Connecticut

Two-axle Vehicle
· 32,000 pounds (no axle weight restrictions)
· 36,000 pounds with axle weights limited to 18,000 pounds maximum
· Option to use the Federal Bridge Formula for up to 40,000 pounds
· 40,000 pounds if a four-wheel construction vehicle operating within 25 miles of the construction site

Three-axle Vehicle (Straight Truck-Not a Tractor-Trailer Combination
· 53,800 pounds
· Option to use the Federal Bridge Formula for up to 60,000 pounds

Three-axle Combination of Vehicle and Trailer or Semitrailer
· 58,400 pounds
· Option to use the Federal Bridge Formula for up to 60,000 pounds

Four-axle Vehicle Engaged in Construction Work or Transporting Material or Equipment to a Construction Site
· 73,000 pounds

Four-or-more-axle Straight Vehicle or Vehicle-Trailer Combination
· 67,400 pounds if the wheelbase is less than 28 feet
· 73,000 pounds if the wheelbase is 28 feet or more

Five-or-more-axle Straight Vehicle or Vehicle-Trailer Combination
· 73,000 pounds
· Option to use the Federal Bridge Formula for up to 80,000 pounds

Maximum Allowable Axle Weights
Connecticut's maximum axle weights are the same for all sizes of commercial vehicles. A vehicle cannot have more than 22,400 pounds on a single axle or more than 18,000 pounds on axles spaced less than six feet apart. Thus, the typical "tandem" axle on a truck is under a practical limitation of 36,000 pounds.
CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR OVERWEIGHT TRUCKS

Obviously, they're talking about commercial trucks here. So as long as your 2 axle pickup scales in at under 32,000 lbs...