AJR 8 asserts that motorists in California and across the nation want safer trucks and safer highways free of massive 50-ton, triple trailer big rigs. The California Trucking Association failed to convince a majority of assembly legislators that triple trailer trucks should be allowed to operate in southern California's San Bernardino County. California statutes along with federal regulations enacted in 1991, currently prevent triple trailers and other forms of LCVs from operating in California. We are grateful for all the Assembly members who placed public safety ahead of trucking company productivity and profits and we say shame on you to those who did not.
Research shows that longer and heavier trucks are more dangerous.
Bigger trucks take longer to stop and are more prone to rollover. Also, they pay far less than their fair share of the road and bridge damage they cause because of the fuel tax currently in place. The costs of larger rigs, such as triples, will be transferred to taxpayers in the form of congestion, construction delays, crashes, pollution, noise, and other hazards. More people are killed and injured in truck crashes in California than in any other state. The trucking industry tried to kill this resolution and establish a toe-hold to expand the use of LCVs county by county.