Patent ID: 8686301

Claim:
A method comprising the following steps: a. providing a vehicle weighing scale having: a vehicle weighing area for weighing an unloaded vehicle having a plurality of vehicle axles, wherein the vehicle weighing area has a vehicle entry edge and a vehicle exit edge; a first vehicle axle counter unit which is positioned to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle entry edge; and a second vehicle axle counter unit which is positioned to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle exit edge; and b. activating the first vehicle axle counter unit to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle entry edge before weighing of the unloaded vehicle; c. activating the second vehicle axle counter unit to count the number of vehicle axles which pass completely over the vehicle exit edge after weighing of the unloaded vehicle; and d. generating a scale ticket which records the number of vehicle axles counted by the first and second counter units in the vehicle weighing system such that: (i) when the number of vehicle axles counted by the first and second counter units are the same, the unloaded vehicle is correctly positioned in the vehicle weighing area; and (ii) when the number of vehicle axles counted by the first and second counter units are different, the unloaded vehicle is incorrectly positioned in the vehicle weighing area.