| One of the most time consuming and delaying | | | | over the scale and the driving speed weight is |
| parts about being a truck driver is the seemingly | | | | registered at the scale house. The transponder in |
| constant stops at scale house to check your | | | | the truck then communicates all the relevant |
| weight. Although it is very important to not be | | | | trucking information (trucking company, truck size, |
| hauling overweight trucks down the roadway | | | | registration, safety record, etc.) to the scale |
| without the proper permits, it would be nice if | | | | house. If everything is in order the scale house |
| there was a way to avoid the lines at scale | | | | sends a return signal to the transponder mounted |
| houses and the delays they cause. | | | | in the truck cab and a green light comes on |
| There is a relatively new item out and being put | | | | meaning the driver is free to bypass the weigh |
| into use by some states and it is called a | | | | station and continue on his way. If there is a |
| transponder and works in conjunction with a | | | | problem, the red light on the transponder will |
| weigh-in-motion (WIM) system. Some states are | | | | come on and the driver will have to pull off the |
| currently using this method and others have not | | | | roadway into the weigh station for closer scrutiny |
| started to yet or have chosen not to at all. The | | | | of his load or records. |
| transponder is a device that gets mounted in the | | | | This system allows for a steadier movement of |
| cab and is usually purchased directly from the | | | | traffic, faster delivery times of goods and |
| governing state's department of transportation. | | | | services, and less paperwork and man hours |
| The way the WIM system works is that some | | | | devoted to trucks that are operating legally. The |
| weigh stations have WIM scales imbedded in the | | | | reward to the trucking company of avoiding |
| pavement of the roadway approximately half a | | | | these delays can pay off for them in the long run. |
| mile ahead of the scale house. The truck drives | | | | |