Petition to restrict commerical traffic on Hwy 129 - The Tail of the Dragon

[corey]

Seems to me that if a ban on vehicles over such and such length was put in place, then the shortest distance a truck driver could legally take could not be over deals gap.  Thus, trucker would get the miles for going around the road that is obviously unsuitable for such a vehicle.

I figure a good way to go about it would be for the two states to agree to restrict traffic with trailers over a certain length and traffic without trailers over a certain length from using the road.

great point. if there is a law in place, you're employer would be forced to pay you for the NEXT shortest distance.

[avizpls]

Maybe we just make it Motorcycles and miatas only.

[Drjones]

Y'all are making it too difficult.  "Long" vehicles simply can not maintain their lane on that type of road ergo they're violating the traffic laws already on the books.  They can implement a new law to "ban" long vehicles on that road, but if no one enforces it either then what's the point of writing up the new law?

[Slide Panda]

Y'all are making it too difficult.  "Long" vehicles simply can not maintain their lane on that type of road ergo they're violating the traffic laws already on the books.  They can implement a new law to "ban" long vehicles on that road, but if no one enforces it either then what's the point of writing up the new law?

Enforcing a law like that is much easier than catching people crossing a double yellow. To enforce a ban like that you just need a cruiser parked at and end point. Pretty easy to spot things that are too big going by. To catch a moving violation you have to cover more area.

[Artful]

It's way more profitable to write speeding tickets than it is to enforce lane placement.

[Drjones]

Even simplerer; throw down some k-rails at the starts of the road section that make it impossible for "long" vehicles to enter the area (i.e. get hung up there instead of down the road).  It'd be a one time dirt cheap solution and keep thier leo's free to go generate revenue er keep the public safe.

[avizpls]

hey now thats not a bad idea! Kinda like a qualifier obstacle course!