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Post #204,300 by a6l6e6x 4/21/05 3:03:48 PM Reply	An old statistic. Probably from the time cars weighed about 2 tons. A loaded semi (18 wheeler) causes 7000 times the road wear of a single car. It's obvioulsy not a simple linear function of weight. Alex The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #204,310 by scoenye 4/21/05 3:54:04 PM Reply	It's close to exponential You should see what damage an overloaded logging truck causes... Most of it is due to the visco-elastic nature of asphalt. Deform it enough and it comes to a point where it tears instead of rebounding when the load is removed. That kind of deformation is permanent. A car doesn't have the mass to cause that much displacement.
Post #204,341 by JayMehaffey 4/21/05 4:49:49 PM Reply	Which is why per axle fees are stupid also A lot of places charge trucks based on a fee per axle. Which makes truckers want to overload their trucks to keep their costs down. A ground pressure fee would be a lot better but it's a lot harder to figure then counting axles. Jay

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Not a new concept. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - April 21, 2005, 10:40:34 AM EDT

An old statistic. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - April 21, 2005, 03:03:48 PM EDT

It's close to exponential - (scoenye) - (1) - April 21, 2005, 03:54:04 PM EDT

Which is why per axle fees are stupid also - (JayMehaffey) - April 21, 2005, 04:49:49 PM EDT

Could be a good idea - (JayMehaffey) - April 21, 2005, 10:53:45 AM EDT

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