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Subject:Re: Alert for Oregonians-new tax for miles driven?
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Sat, 4 Jan 2003 14:12:58 -0500

On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Alan Gondry wrote:

> This may be pointed at the trucks which seem to suffer at a large amount of
> laws.

Really?  Around here the trucking laws that exist aren't even enforced
well.  The trucking lobby is pretty powerful.  Michigan has the highest
weight limit in the nation for trucks and it really shows -- the roads are
all beat to death.  Even then, a study recently found that nearly half the
trucks on the road here are over the legal weight limit.

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