Yes, all states have weight laws but they are not as cut and dry as you day. It's been a few years since I made the trip so I might be off a bit, but for me to go from NC to West Va, put me in three different states. Here in NC the limit was 20,000 per axel on the interstate with a 10% variance if you weren't on the interstate. Don't remember whether it was VA or WVa, but one of them calculated the axel weight allowed based upon the square inches of tire surface contacting the road, and the third was different than that. In other words I could potentially leave home legal, and be illegal as soon as I crossed the state line.
What it all comes down to is that if you really want to stimulate Interstate commerce then you need to insure that the rules for interstate commerce are the same between ALL of the states. Currently each state is allowed to make up their own rules to add on top of the Federal rules and all this is is a way for them to legally extort money from commercial drivers who are doing nothing but trying to make a legal living.
At the same time noncommercial drivers can cross a state line doing something that is illegal in the other state, and get away with it. For instance here in NC a trailer tag is required on most trailers but in SC tags aren't required on most trailers. Still someone from SC can drive all over NC with a trailer that's not tagged and it's no problem. But let a commercial vehicle cross the line doing something that's legal in NC but not in SC and they get stopped and ticketed.
The whole purpose of tags, etc, etc is supposed to be to fund the upkeep of our highway systems. For commercial putposes we pay based on weight and the wear ansd tear caused to the roads by the vehicle due to that weight. Granted a 4000 lb car isn't producing the same wear and tear a 40,000lb truck is but that doesn't mean that the car's driver shouldn't be held to the same standards based on their vehicles true weight and pay their fair share.......
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