1. Weigh station

A weigh station is a checkpoint along a highway where trucks and commercial vehicles are weighed and inspected to ensure they comply with legal weight limits, safety regulations, and permits. In short: A weigh station helps keep highways safe and fair by ensuring trucks aren’t overloaded, drivers are compliant, and road rules are followed.

  • What Happens at a Weigh Station?
    • Vehicles enter the weigh station when directed (often by signs or lights).
    • The truck is driven onto scales to measure: Gross vehicle weight (GVW), Axle weight.
Weigh station

Sign indicating a rest Area with weigh station. (Pennsylvaniam, United States) © Wikimedia.org/Famartin, CC BY-SA