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minus-squareboeman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoIt’s for trucks over a certain weight rating. Since most of those trucks will have trailers or large boxes on them, there’s no need for that plate
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoAnd states with outsourced DMVs play the trust game with folks saying their trucks are a certain weight when they aren’t.
minus-squareboeman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThe rating is about how much you plan to haul, not what truck you have. It’s all about taxing the loads on the road.
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoYep, doesn’t mean that people do it correctly, or for the right reasons.
It’s for trucks over a certain weight rating. Since most of those trucks will have trailers or large boxes on them, there’s no need for that plate
And states with outsourced DMVs play the trust game with folks saying their trucks are a certain weight when they aren’t.
The rating is about how much you plan to haul, not what truck you have. It’s all about taxing the loads on the road.
Yep, doesn’t mean that people do it correctly, or for the right reasons.