Overweight trucks targeted by patrol Authorities are stepping up patrols to catch truck drivers carrying overweight loads on rural roads. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says overloaded trucks often take secondary roads to avoid weigh stations on interstate highways. Pat Gehrisch of the patrol's motor carrier enforcement division. They communicate with each other on the radio. It's a big game of cat and mouse.
Overloaded trucks can cause road and bridge damage.
They also need longer distances to stop because of wear on brakes, steering and suspension. During 1999, Ohio authorities weighed more than 6.4 million vehicles at weigh stations, and 24,615 overweight trucks were taken off the road. The deaths of a man and woman found shot in her home appear to be a murder-suicide, the sheriff said Monday. He said the couple had dated for eight years. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.