Is it just me, or are there more class 8 semis on the road, that would have never been on the road just a few years ago?
I made a road trip last weekend, and I have never seen so many junky semis out on the interstates. Every third or fourth semi that I passed, looked like it had just been pulled out of the weeds, was fixed up enough to (assumably) pass a safety inpection, and is now back out on the road.
I don't care about how it looks, I care if the driver can steer it and stop it... and the other essentials like that.
I'm hoping that state officials are noticing the same thing, and are performing some inspections at the scales. The problem is, many of these semis are being used locally enough, that some probably aren't even going past the scales.
I made a road trip last weekend, and I have never seen so many junky semis out on the interstates. Every third or fourth semi that I passed, looked like it had just been pulled out of the weeds, was fixed up enough to (assumably) pass a safety inpection, and is now back out on the road.
I don't care about how it looks, I care if the driver can steer it and stop it... and the other essentials like that.
I'm hoping that state officials are noticing the same thing, and are performing some inspections at the scales. The problem is, many of these semis are being used locally enough, that some probably aren't even going past the scales.