Regarding truck access in NYC, the Truck Access And Vehicle Dimension Guidelines on DOT's website says that trucks with 53' trailers are not permited on local truck routes without a special permit for trucks with nondivisible loads, but every day I see such trucks on our streets. They are often making deliveries to grocery stores which are in no way nondivisible loads. Other cities in the world do not have such deadly trucks where they shouldn't be, and our laws seem to forbid this as well. Is the DOT's website wrong, or is the law just never enforced?
Regarding truck access in NYC, the Truck Access And Vehicle Dimension Guidelines on DOT's website says that trucks with 53' trailers are not permited on local truck routes without a special permit for trucks with nondivisible loads, but every day I see such trucks on our streets. They are often making deliveries to grocery stores which are in no way nondivisible loads. Other cities in the world do not have such deadly trucks where they shouldn't be, and our laws seem to forbid this as well. Is the DOT's website wrong, or is the law just never enforced?
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See 'Truck Access And Vehicle Dimension Guidelines' pdf here:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/truckaccess.pdf
And look for trucks with 53' painted on the trailer.
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