New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
Penn. Fines Trucks
Which Are Too Heavy
Active Campaign Being Con
Quoted Against Road
Smashers

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. State
Highway Department automobile in
spectors and members Of the state po-
lice continue to find many violators
of the law which requires that COM
mercial vehicles may not overload.
Arrests are being made each dav.
Reports made by the inspectors and
the state police show that violations
of the automobile law requirements
are extremely common. This is espe-
clally true so far as head lamps are
concerned. Reports of the infractions
of the law total 200 day
What Is an Overload?
The State Highway Department has
been asked, what is an overload 2"
This question may be answered briefly
as follows: Any weight greater than
that specified by the manufacturer as
the maximum weight of chassis, body
and load is an overload
For example, a truck in class "B"
for which the legal weight limit is
$4,000 pounds may not carry more than
$4,000 pounds Chassis, body and load)
If the manufacturer specifics $4,000
pounds as the maximum weight limit;
and the figure "13 900" must be painted
on the sides of the vehicle as re-
CURED by law. In all cases the manu-
facturers' weights govern.
An Overload of Potatoes
On the Baltimore Pike several days
ago inspectors and a state policeman
stopped truck owned by chain store
corporation. This truck had painted
on its sides the figures 100000" the
top weight allowed trucks in Class c.,
A brass plate placed on the car by the
however, showed the
maximum weight of chassis, body and
load to be 1900 pounds. The in
spectors weighed the vehicle with their
lodometers or jack scales They found
that the truck, which was loaded with
barrels of potatoes, weighed 21.300
pounds. "A ms was an overload of over
two tong
This Car Has the Record
Automobile inspectors several DAYS
ago on the Baltimore Pike arrested the
driver of truck from Jenkintown
his machine had no lenses at all in
'front.' 1t had no rear lamp. Although
the construction of the vehicle pre-
vented the operator from having
sui1lclent view of the traffic in the rear,
this machine had no mirror. There
was no license tag in the rear, and q
badly smudged tag hanging loosely in
front of the machine was found to be
a passenger car license. The driver
did not have his registration card
When he was stopped he was travelling
appropriately thirty miles an hour
ten miles IN excess of the speed limit
for any commercial car.
Are Receiving Notices
During the last two weeks the state
police and the automobile inspectors
nave sent out several thousand notices
20 Pennsylvanians informing them that
IN some particular they are violating
he automobile laws. A careful record
being kept OF the persons to whom
.hese notices are sent. AS future re-
PORTS are received these records will
De checked and the probabilities are
nat a person who repeats an offense
'r who permits violation to 20 un
corrected will be fined heavily.
For the last month state police and
Inspectors have watched carefully the
use Of dealers tags, and many dealers
discovered to be operating cars for
'ther purposes than demonstrations
" tests have been compelled to secure
roper licenses from the automobile |
division. A dealer may not u.e for
amily purposes or pleasure driving q |
machine bearing only dealers tags.