TRUCKLOAD CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
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Grandfather Clause
Regulatory Policy Committee Chairman
Troy Robertson Con-way Truckload The 1956 Highway Act provided that weights legally in excess of the Federal axle and gross weight limits on July 1, 1956 in any state were "grandfathered." Similarly, the 1974 Highway Act provided that the bridge formula applied only to weights in excess of those legal in any state on January 5, 1975. The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 changed this section to provide that the states shall determine "grandfathered" weight limits. The STAA established trailer length regulations and provided that trailer lengths in any states which exceeded the Federal length limits were "grandfathered." State and Federal DOT actions to restrict or roll back "grandfathered" weight or length limits are opposed. |
