It seems the article on Slate was very misleading... The links to the vehicles weight ratings showed specified the GVRW (gross vehicle weight rating) as being over 6000 lb's, which is true, but not what the road sign's are referring to. The weight on the signage pictured prohibits the ACTUAL weight of a vehicle to be over 6000 lb's. This is not the case, take for instance the first link in the article, scroll to the Performance Section of the Chevy Suburban's specs... http://www.autoweb.com/content/research/vir/index. cfm/vehicle_number_int/1015219/Action/StandardFeat ures This vehicles Curb Weight is 5268 lb's, the GVRW is 7000 lb's, and the max vehicle weight is 7000 as well. Since Curb Weight is dry weight, the empty vehicle without gear or people. That means you can load 1731 lb's of people and stuff and still be under the limit. In that case the 6000 weight rating doesnt seem much of an issue for *most* of these trucks and SUV's, since most people use them for daily driver anyways. Let alone the fact that the police would have to get some kind of scale to determine the weights of vehicles on residential streets like is done on highways with semi's.
Other Vehicles Mentioned which this doesnt apply to:
Cadillac Escalade: http://www.autoweb.com/content/research/vir/index. cfm/vehicle_number_int/1015393/Action/StandardFeat ures
BMW X5:
http://www.autoweb.com/content/research/vir/index. cfm/vehicle_number_int/1014503/Action/StandardFeat ures
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I agree totally, New Zealand and Australia are the places to be... so much more 'freedom' than the US. I cant wait to visit there to see for myself how great the weather and country is.
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It seems the article on Slate was very misleading... The links to the vehicles weight ratings showed specified the GVRW (gross vehicle weight rating) as being over 6000 lb's, which is true, but not what the road sign's are referring to. The weight on the signage pictured prohibits the ACTUAL weight of a vehicle to be over 6000 lb's. This is not the case, take for instance the first link in the article, scroll to the Performance Section of the Chevy Suburban's specs... http://www.autoweb.com/content/research/vir/index. cfm/vehicle_number_int/1015219/Action/StandardFeat ures This vehicles Curb Weight is 5268 lb's, the GVRW is 7000 lb's, and the max vehicle weight is 7000 as well. Since Curb Weight is dry weight, the empty vehicle without gear or people. That means you can load 1731 lb's of people and stuff and still be under the limit. In that case the 6000 weight rating doesnt seem much of an issue for *most* of these trucks and SUV's, since most people use them for daily driver anyways. Let alone the fact that the police would have to get some kind of scale to determine the weights of vehicles on residential streets like is done on highways with semi's.
Other Vehicles Mentioned which this doesnt apply to:
Cadillac Escalade: http://www.autoweb.com/content/research/vir/index. cfm/vehicle_number_int/1015393/Action/StandardFeat ures
BMW X5:
http://www.autoweb.com/content/research/vir/index. cfm/vehicle_number_int/1014503/Action/StandardFeat ures
My Lexus is paid! But im -2.4 children...
I agree totally, New Zealand and Australia are the places to be... so much more 'freedom' than the US. I cant wait to visit there to see for myself how great the weather and country is.