I-43 to have virtual weigh station
Wherever you go, the Wisconsin State Patrol will know how much you weigh.
That’s a slight exaggeration. The State Patrol covers the Interstate and state highways.
And officers really aren’t interested in all the weight you’ve put on since high school.
They are, however, interested in preserving roads and keeping motorists safe, and that’s why a virtual weigh station is being installed on Interstate 43 between I-90/39 and Highway 140.
Scales will be places under the road’s surface, explained Doug Sina, Department of Transportation project engineer.
“When truckers drive over the scale, it will weigh the trucks and ID them,” Sina said. “Those reports will be sent to the weigh station at La Prairie, and I believe state troopers will be able to pull the information up on their computers.”
Actually, the information will be available to all law enforcement officers, said Sgt. Gary Bauer of the State Patrol.
The information is sent to a password-only Web site; officers simply need to log on.
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Jul 6, 2009 at 2 p.m.
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There is already a "virtual weigh station" on I-39/90. It is the reason there is no longer a line waiting for the scales as with the old type of facility.
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shagcarpet, the weigh stations are being currently used, but the trucks are selected to enter the facility where they are inspected out of the weather. You don't see activity because it's mainly inside.
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Jul 6, 2009 at 11:33 a.m.
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The majority of truck traffic is on 90/39. The LaPrarie station also serves as a vehicle inspection center for commercial trucks. That way, not only can they get you for over weight, they can get you for 200 other violations.
Jul 6, 2009 at 11:11 a.m.
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I still don't understand why they didn't put one large weigh station just north of the state line with Illinois. That would have caught trucks heading north on 90 and east on 43. Or better yet, if we can do everything virtual...why build the La Prairie one at all? I must be missing something.
Jul 6, 2009 at 11:01 a.m.
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shagcarpet, there aren't any weigh stations on I-43 currently.
Jul 6, 2009 at 10:56 a.m.
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They have weight stations now that are never being used. Why spend more of our tax money?
Jul 6, 2009 at 10:44 a.m.
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This is not a virtual weigh station, it is a real weigh station.
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