Anti-truck rules have reached a new level of severity as one town is fed up with trucks using a common shortcut to a nearby highway. To keep drivers off of their streets, the town council voted unanimously to allow law enforcement to punish violators with fines up to $500 and even 30 days in prison.
The road in question, Pelly Road, is commonly used as a shortcut for drivers looking to get to Ky. 17, and it cuts right through the eastern part of the town of Independence, Kentucky. The ordinance will now prevent any commercial vehicle weighing over 26,000 pounds from operating on the road. It will not prohibit school buses, firetrucks, garbage trucks, or other public vehicles.
The ban was first proposed after a bridge on Pelly Road was damaged by a truck passing through the town which did not stop after the accident.
“Prior to this ordinance we had little legal grounds to stop and fine large trucks, especially when they do damage,” City Administrator Chris Moriconi said according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. “With the passage of this ordinance, we now have the legal means to recoup.”
Any trucker who violates the truck ban faces a fine of $250 on a first-time offense, and will also be held responsible for any damage done to the roadway. On the second offence, in addition to paying for any damage caused, truckers can be fined $500 or put in jail for up to 30 days.
Source: cincinatti enquirer
Bill says
Simple and logical solution to this crap drivers. Refuse and stop delivering to the town. All commercial traffic avoid it like the plague. That includes 4 wheel up to and including 18 wheel commercial motor vehicles.
Jake Coffman says
Or we could just follow the law and do as they wish…seems logical
Subrogation says
If we refuse to deliver there we WOULD be “following the law”. . . I know it won’t happen, but we should make the townsfolk get their own supplies instead of letting more crap roll onto truck driver’s plates, like we don’t have enough on our plates already.
MIKE says
No kidding… Some drivers really just dont get it. This little town is being reasonable. I see drivers doing 30 miles an hour through the fuel islands. I can imagine how these idiots act on a big road.
Jay says
Reasonable? Whats reasonable about 30 days in jail? Or 500.00 fine? I ve seen drivers driving fast in the parking lots,but that has nothing to do with the issue here,use your brain.
Robert says
Oh great !!! Logical people on here now. What is the world coming to? Lol
Rhetorics question no answer needed.
Robert says
Rhetorical question
harddazeknight says
Not even a rhetorical answer? For shame!
m.b. says
Jake that makes way too much sense.
RheumTrucker says
I agree, the cut off road can’t take the weight, when trucks continued to use it after the restriction the town retaliated by increasing the fines. No surprise and no big deal.
Jasmine says
10/4 I agree they should make a better way for truckers to deliver. So I’m putting them on my block list and adding this to the trucker group
RheumTrucker says
Before you do that why not take a look at 1)the road 2) the town 3) the relationship of the town to hwy 17. The town is completely justified. There is no reason trucks should be using that street period.
Check the facts first before making judgments!
Cary says
Bill, that is the most absurd thing I have heard! If the vehicles are causing damage, then why not route them elsewhere? They sustain bridge damage and the driver left the scene, that isn’t right! Where is your concern over that? Should YOU burden the cost of making repairs to your own personal property if truck traffic chose to use YOUR property as a shortcut to somewhere? Would YOU just suck it up and keep making repairs while the happy go lucky truck driver isn’t held accountable? I’m sorry, but your solution sounds like a child throwing a temper tantrum. “GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, OR I’M GOING TO HOLD MY BREATH UNTIL I TURN BLUE” . Well… Turn blue then!!!!
Harry says
Wow, who’s property ???
My (As in Truckers) road and fuel taxes pay to build and maintain those roads and bridges your so happy to claim as personal property. All they’re doing is jumping in the band wagon on how to make money off of truck drivers.
Dan says
Exactly. So any way to deprive that town from sucking the life and money out of us is fine with me.
David Hamilton says
The sorry driver didn’t have enough integrity to stop and what damage they did. It really burns my #@&& that it’s always one ##%&%##&&$% driver to mess it up for everyone. Look what has happened to alot of Walmart parking.
Andt says
Federal funds do not always trickle down that far. A lot of small towns have to budget local road repairs.
Your tax dollars are not repairing the damage to local roads, which cannot sustain the damage from heavy vehicles.
Sorry, but there are a great many things I will ##### about, in regards to federal, state, and local governments…. This isn’t one.
RheumTrucker says
Yep
Phil D says
Harry nailed it!
Highways are federally funded. Truck companies pay road use tax, and ton tax. Registration and fuel tax… more than enough is extracted from companies to cover the expense of road repairs due to truck traffic. But that is not enough?
When municipalities go the extra mile to extort money from trucks and drivers, then trucks and drivers should go the extra mile to get it back… it cost extra to go around then charge a “sir charge” for your time and trouble. Simple problems require simple solutions.
Robert says
How do they decide which vehicle causes damage and how much damage? The way the story is written all trucks are causing damage but they claim only one hit the bridge. So do they have at least one eyewitness ?
Kenneth Lemley says
Look more than half the road in the usa is not made for 80.000 when they was put in they was for 72.000 but people need more food more gas and more and more but the road’s was never brought up to date so now days people like to get more but not on truck’s will find a way to get the gas and food and there new car’s with out truck’s then they would not food there clothes on their backs if truck’s don’t come to there town just keep the truck’s out of the town it will take 60 days for them to be out of food 30 days to be out gas then see where the town is
Paul says
Cary I completely agree with ya, then those fine people of that city can feel free to drive to Lexington. ..that oughta be far enough to go after buttwipe or a cheeseburger, to get supplies that they need….and by doing so they can give all that economy and tax base to Lexington so they can fix their roads from all that major damage one truck out of thousands did.. Ever heard the phrase, “cut your nose off to spite your face”? Yeah a bunch of big brained geniuses there. .
neil Pawelczak says
I completely agree. One guy ruined it. But they didn’t need to go to this extreme. Just make that road no trucks. Then post a truck route for trucks to get around. Then there wouldn’t even be an arguement and everyone would be happy. Most truckers will follow the law and signs. All we ask is that if there is a legitimate problem give us a solution or route instead of “STAY OUT”.
david says
what if the driver lives on that street. is he going to be okay getting a fine every time.
Dan says
Or put a highway/truck route in to bypass the town…
RheumTrucker says
There already is a bypass, route 17, the town is totally justified- look it up on a map!
j h says
awesome reply…they dont get their walmart, sams, etc. restocked..gaurantee within 2 days the ordinance will disappear…
Sean says
I agree with Dan. That would be the logical thing to do.
Fritz says
Just follow the rules. The road is closed for trucks. So stay away!
Delbert spiece says
Wait…don’t be too quick to judge on this one.. Look it up. There is no Logical reason for a truck to be on that road. It is not a truck route nor a short cut. It is not nor was it made for trucks and there are many truck routes available out and through this area. It’s all residential and If a driver is on it, He screwed up and should be held responsible for damage.
John MC says
I agree. I looked it up and I’m scratching my head as to why any truck would be on this road. Except, maybe, a driver that took a wrong turn.
Kenneth Lemley says
Ok just was all the things that was put in they got there it got in there bye and built with the truck bring the Lumber in so at times truck’s was to come in there
RheumTrucker says
Obviously local deliveries are excepted. Drivers are blindly following their GPS without confirming the route. We are held at higher standards- it’s part of having a CDL.
I always, ALWAYS check satellite imagery with google maps to confirm a route that I’m unfamiliar with. 50% of the time my GPS is wrong. That’s a lot! It is so easy to confirm a route and is a mandatory part of trip planning.
This is a tiny town with easy truck access. There is no acceptable reason for trucks to use a residential street instead of an STAA road when they are thru trucks and there is no significant mileage or time difference. The town is totally justified.
Check the facts before you opinionate with the herd!
Darth Vader says
So you admit to using another hand held device to use google maps, which is illegal, and states like PA don’t care if people from out of town get lost, posting signs in random areas, unlike CA or TX where there are REAL standards (the guys wearing glasses are already visually impaired, they got to guess where the road goes?). I saw a sign on a street post 60 ft to the right, easy to miss.
Lots of states, two signs for every highway entrance, even giving you the direction (NESW) you are going! Not East Coast! And if you take the wrong road, screw you! 10 to 20 mile turn around because you probably got funneled down a suicide entrance ramp on a road with no shoulder? TX, not so much, not so many suicide loops, simple bridge intersections, wrong turn no big deal, less then five miles down the road, you can turn around.
gb says
Every time another out of the way rule gets thrown in, it’s just more drivers that get fines and end up quitting driving. The amount of times I’veended up going down some off limits road to trucks that isn’t well marked and praying Im not going to get a ticket , it’s extra stress and one needless ticket from me doing something else.
Rick Smith says
Look it up on GoogleMaps. The bridge is coned off now. It’s in a rural/residential area.
It doesn’t look like a “short”cut to or from ANYWHERE to me. Did a trucker just get lost
and that road looked like an easy way out? Been over a thousand bridges like that,
with a wicked kick at the end, and may even have scraped one or two. Weight limits wont
stop most truckers, so put up a sign, 12′-6”. No trucker will ever try to cross that bridge
again, unless he can’t read or speak English.
J Ossowski says
Did you not hear about the Penske driver who drove onto a low bridge with a low weight limit because she couldn’t convert pounds to tons and know how heavy her truck was? She also had an unauthorized passenger with her. She was Amish raised, too, not “Russian”.
Rick Mitchell says
You re talking about Paoli, In. It wasn’t a low bridge, just a historical bridge, that had a weight limit of 6 tons. I don’t care where, or how she was raised, she knew what the conversion was. I know what she said, but you will never convince me, she didn’t know how to convert it. She was just playing stupid, to try and get out of it.
Charley says
NYC has all sorts of them signs and trucks go every day. Once the word is out that the sign is bogus. It appears the community wants no trucks in the residential area in the middle and they won in the political arena to stop trucks. I hope they’d put sign before you turn and not after. Damages by trucks is always paid by trucks, if caught. I wonder if the law will have the time to monitor it for enforcement? Most like ly a firm in the area has been directing trucks to use it. A local dispute between New residents and the firm. The firm lost.
Craig says
Ny has the signs but they are measured from axle up not ground up….
Nick says
looked it up on Gmaps too.
A lot of big nice houses with pools on that street.
Some wealthy/important people must live there, maybe town officials?
Blair says
If this road was built using Federal and State money then the city is violating federal guidelines. Period end of sentence. No city can stop the use of a road if the state used Fedrral money to build the road in question.
Phil says
Do like they did in the 70’s to other small towns that don’t like trucks..no deliveries. Indiana raised fuel taxes in 79..to exorbitant levels..nobody bought fuel in Indiana for 3 months!!..taxes came down!!!!!
EZmule says
New breed of Trucker today. Truckers are still buying fuel in PA.
It’s a short cut like the post says. The Town is just trying to enforce, keeping truckers from using it. No difference then countless of other short cut that ban us Truckers.
I only hope that there are plenty of warning signs. Way before the turn, they better be. Before a driver even decides to go that way.
Cary says
Well, Blair, sense what you’re saying is all speculation, your point is moot.
Robert says
Just like the town is speculating all trucks and only trucks damage roads and bridges.
BitBucket says
They can certainly ban trucks legally if there is a bridge that won’t sustain the weight, federal money or not.
Avi says
Yes they can. You should brush up on the way the legal system works.
Dirk Steel says
They had no recourse when a truck does damage?
Total BS politician speak!
MIKE says
They should talk to the town where that little girl took a 53 foot trailer with a condo pulling it across a 10 ton bridge. They are sueing her company for a million bucks. Damage to the historical bridge and other costs. I say damage however she destroyed it and her tractor and trailer.
Dan says
The costs were most likely inflated by fat politicians wanting their piece of the pie. I get so furious at these asinine politicians, just making up BS charges so they can get richer by building things cheaper, and pocketing most of the money. Just pure scumbags.
kevin says
No jurisdiction can interfere with The routing of Commerce. Per FAA guideline. Surprisingly They regulate this. This municipality is opening itself up to Federal civil liberties violations. Went through the same thing in Sussex Wisconsin except they tried to fine me 4000. They were looking for a default judgement but I showed up all three times. They dismissed it. Now they are being sued in federal court.
JT says
So are you saying truck route or not as long as your delivering you are Legal to continue?
Where can I see the legalize on this so I can show the Officer?
Not being a smart ass just want to be right.
Tks
kevin says
Course you have to be delivering in the area.
Tag A Long says
You can go into or drive thru any residential in order to get to your place of delivery as long as it is written on your freight bill, it has to be the only way to get to the place and the shortest way in , I speak from my personal experience while delivering a Jacuzzi in a residential in cerritos, ca.
Jim says
It’s easy enough to understand why cities and towns get angry about trucks. Especially when a truck causes damage and just rolls away. I do my best to avoid that kind of place. I wouldn’t be surprised if the town puts up signage right at the edge of town, so there you are with your truck, it’s illegal to go on, so what’s your options from there? Like those “No trucks allowed” signs right after you turn on to a roadway.
steven says
Another option would be to stop deliveries to that town by blocking all commercial deliveries and pickups in that town until town upgrades roads and bridges trucks need but cannot use or it builds a bypass. Otherwise trucks can pass through the town where allowed but not pick up or deliver in city limits.
Place it in a data base of towns with burdensome truck restrictions and if an address comes up, company arranges alternate location or refuses load.
Mike Stewart says
This road was undoubtedly built using Federal funds. Blocking use by ANY particular vehicle is against Federal law! Seems to me that a boycott is in order! Simply isolate them by refusing to deliver anything to them. It works at Warner Robbins!
Steve says
Where is our Food!!! On the other side of the No Truck Sign
Dan says
lmao….good point.
Stephen Schiermann says
I pledge NEVER to deliver to “Independence, Kentucky” ever again… Pass it on, and stand by it!!
RheumTrucker says
Why don’t you pledge to check the facts first? Look at this town on a map, they are totally justified and thru trucks that use the road aren’t.
Royce says
They aren’t wrong. If you cant Learn after doing it once…………I am a citizen of a community too, as well as a trucker!
Chris Wilson says
I agree with not delivering there. All the other ideas are well and good but. This industry and the world treats truckers like we are less than human. They see only a truck but not the hard working individual driving it to bring them their ipods.
There needs to be a stand taken by truckers to stop this type of crap.
All of the nonsense that a trucker has to go through to move product is ridicules.
This is one of them.
Sadly though. Truckers are not the smartest or most organized people on the planet or else we would be treated better and appreciated more.
Boycott them and see how long they make it without us.
Stand for something or fall for everything.
RheumTrucker says
Look at the town on a map, this is certainly NOT nonsense.
Cary says
The answers I am seeing on here are just sad. What happened to common sense and accountability in America. Apparently parents stopped teaching that at home!
Tim says
Wait—did I read that right? You think socking a truck driver with 30 days in jail for merely driving on a restricted route is “common sense?” Did you happen to read TTR’s feature article today, about all those European truck manufacturing executives conspiring to steal unimaginably large sums from truck purchasers over the course of 14 years, who didn’t serve an hour’s time in jail? Get your articles straight dude—your comment belongs in the other one.
Ron says
Did you happen to read THIS article ? I thought 30 days in jail was extreme too, until I saw it was for a second offense. In other words.. they fine you the first time, just like you will ALWAYS get fined for going down a road designated as a no truck road, and if you do it again, then you’ve knowingly and willfully volunteered to spend your time in the local resort. Have a nice vacation.
Robert says
The children having children had no parents. The government took over child care.
Robby Baker says
Politician weasels just want more money and a truck driver is always good for some . Now all they need a sign and a truck stop
Cary says
The city didn’t say “NO TRUCKS”! Apparently the problem exists for Class 7-8 Trucks. Height, weight damage is real. From the replies I’m reading, these so called “truck drivers” don’t seem to think that is a real issue. Common sense people, use it!
Don. H says
I am so tired. Of these towns don’t want trucks passing thru.Someone new in town trying to make a name for himself. Well I am retired now but I don’t miss that crap with all the anti truck lol. Remember where all your stuff comes from
Allen says
No trucks fine. You figure a way to get your deliveries at the store or stores in your town. Local deliveries should be excepted only.
Mark says
I agree Bill, I’ll bet it just some person that lives on the route ( so called short-cut) that dosent like it. Isent that the way it usually is. Someone that has nothing better to do.. Hey if there is really damage being done, then the drivers should avoid that route. But if there’s not and this more typical bull dinky, then they should boycott that town totally. lets see how the people like not having what they want on the shelves in the local stores..
D Holmes says
Driving through residential areas put children at risk. What is wrong with you people? Plan your trips better and just obey the laws. Stop whining about it.
neil Pawelczak says
D Holmes. I’ll admitt I haven’t seen this road in particular. But I will say it is a very rare day I ever see a 4 wheeler obeying the law. Usually their just causing issues. I am sure the trucks that have been on the road aren’t speeding down it at all. I am willing to be Children are at way more risk from speeding cars than from a truck. And I have never seen a car pulled over in a neighborhood….ever. Truck taxes should be with held from that town as well. Theres half their income.
Douglas Kirk says
Driving anywhere puts everybody at risk, moron. It’s called personal responsibility. That’s what makes us follow traffic laws, and laws in general. Nobody gets in a vehicle and sets out to cause harm to anybody unless they’re mentally off-center. Kids aren’t any more special than any other group of humans
Kaiyla says
Simple fix. Unlike the rest of my truck drivers, don’t use it. There’s a better way to go around anyway. Use of federal or state money aside, if a bridge isn’t built for big trucks in mind, it shouldn’t be used by big trucks. And not every city has the funds to update a bridge to withstand our weight. So, my opinion, don’t use it. And stop ######## about every imagined slight.
Kaiyla says
I also have seen that road. And the bridge is at a stop sign. The road is also far too narrow for trucks to travel down safely.
Snowman says
Seems fair to me. We have a lot of knuckleheads in this industry that don’t have a trace of intelligence in their DNA. Unfortunately, thanks to them the rest of us professionals get a bad rep and suffer the consequences of their poor decisions. They should have added a 6 month CDL suspension to that punishment.
neil Pawelczak says
no when towns want to ban trucks we need to stand up and refuse to deliver. I want to know how they would like it if they had to take their cars and go the long way around (Through even more traffic, ect). We keep seeing more and more towns putting these rules into place but only for trucks. Oh i’m sorry. Only trucks that aren’t city trucks. There should be no deliveries to this town. Not to stores, no gravel loads that fix the roads, no equipment, nothing. Thats what they want. No trucks in their town. Lets try that.
tammy says
That’s what i was thinking. Truckers need to ban together and protest against these people who don’t realize when they go to their local food market, shop for clothes , etc… that a large semi truck brought the necessity’s that they take for granted. Why don’t the state pull their head out and try to come up with a solution for truck drivers to get to ky 17 alot more quicker instead of taking action against those truck drivers that run their asses of to get to point a and b .fining them unnecessary amounts of money and even fathem the idea of putting them in jail is ubsurde. This situation is very disturbing to me.
who says
if there’s no need for trucks to be on the road. such as pick-up or delivery on the road. then trucks shouldn’t be on the road. if it wasn’t for the bridge clasping. the ordnance probably would have been passed. I do think it’s over the top sentencing a trucker to 30 day in jail over it. I can see a federal law suit happening over false imprisonment/conviction/arrest. i can also see cops loosing their job over falsified tickets/paper work/false arrest in the matter.
Nick says
I agree with the minority of these comments on this issue. This town has banned trucks from one road not the entire town. So what is with all these comments about boycotting deliveries here. There is a restricted road in almost every town and city in this country will you stop delivering everywhere? Typical truckers, always making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Leprechaun says
That’s right Nick,and I’m betting most of these whiners have never been there,and/or just down right don’t give a shit about safe driving and proper routes.
RheumTrucker says
I agree! The people here crying over this haven’t the sense to look at it on a map before making judgments.
Josh says
People keep commenting about the town banning trucks.
Did you folks even READ the article?
They passed a law with stiff fines for using a no-trucks route.
Do you get offended every time you see a “no trucks” sign?
Also, I’m from Michigan.
You CAN get UP TO 93 days in jail for returning out of state empty cans and bottles.
Does that mean everyone that does it goes to jail?
No. It’s a deterrent.
Use some common sense.
Stop feeling persecuted.
Stay on truck routes.
Joe says
Bypass the town. If they can’t put up signage to tell me what they want , then put up a sign that says you don’t want me.
I’ll shop/ship elsewhere..
Ronald agee says
They are not trying to stop trucks from passing thru. The road in the article is being used by semis illegally anyways. It’s not even a designated truck road so why are we all getting upset by it. When I first read the article I was with you guys. Then I looked it up its a residential subdivision not even an industrial park nearby. People are using this road to get from hwy 16 to hwy 17 is my guess. But even that puts you on streets with low trees and power lines and kids at play. We all know that a semi at 20-25 miles an hour takes more then 15 feet to stop and if a kids ball goes across in front of a truck and the kid is chasing it chances are he will get hit. So let me ask you this if it was the street you and your family lived on and trucks had no reason to use it and it brought safety concerns wouldn’t you ask the city to ban and enforce the ban.
Leprechaun says
That driver wanted to be cheap and save maybe 30 seconds of drive time.drivers life that need to step down and get a job at McDonald’s or similar.I used to run to Independence and I agree with you on this
Bill Remington says
If the truckers had a pair, they should boycott the town in question. No goods in or out.
Luke says
You go to Google maps and street view, the road is not more than a trail. You can see damage to bridge, driver didn’t swing wide enough.
Easy Zipper says
Your all off your rockers. Yes it’s a residential area, and if you look right around the corner from the bridge in question is a brand new sub division. So it is a short cut from KY 17 . And the trucks using it, can say they are making a delivery in the area and that is the most direct route. Otherwise it looks like you really got to go thru town to get there. If it’s anything like it is here with the brick that i haul, much of it gets shipped direct from a plant up to 300 miles away. The drivers just plug the address into Google, and Google says here’s your most direct route. When your two miles from your drop and you turn on a street that says no trucks, you keep on going. Plus that bridge looks like it was set up with a sweeping corner to make the turn easier for trucks. If the dont a legit reason to put a weight limit other than to give ordinance to enforce then they are using an illeagal form of taxation. Somebody may have hit the bridge, but there recourse would be thru the builders, who negiciate all kinds of benefits with the cities to install a new tax base for them. They tell the builders they will be paying, the builder will tell the vendors, and the delivery ticket will have instructions on which route is requested. Problem solved. It has nothing to do with deliveries to walmart, or all you guys that just go from hub to hwy to hub, and don’t have to deal with getting in and out of subdivisions that many times arent even on the map yet.
Ryan says
Is this route really being taken because it is a short cut, or are drivers taking it because the area is poorly planned for through trucks? And are drivers aware of alternate routes? All the route planning in the world can’t prepare you for some of the routes through some of these towns. A lot of the time you wont know what your getting into until you get there and then have to improvise. They could help by putting up better signs to alternative routes. This just looks like a way to make money off drivers trying to find their way through if there aren’t clear alternate routes. So many times I’ve had a map book and gps and found myself in a town with poorly marked roads missing signs and abandoned road construction and left with only my judgement to get through…just don’t hit anything and get through. For people who hit and run is another thing.
Leprechaun says
GPS systems are not always up to date regarding routes you can or cannot take,some are even 2yrs behind on updates.and yes the alternate routes are posted in Independence.that driver disregarded these routes or was not paying any attention.Now with that being said,any time you end up on a restricted route after that fact you can ask local law enforcement to help you get turned around at no cost to you.
JJ501 says
I don’t think they want to ban trucks in this town they just want to restrict the use of this road (no commercial vehicles over 26,000 lbs).
Kelly Downey says
Another example of truckers not taking responsibility and just not driving where they could do damage by using a safe alternative. I live in Iowa and 30 miles from me is an infamous low clearance 11’6″ truck eating bridge. For years there have been signs posted several miles before and at the bridge warning of the low clearance. Truckers still dtove under it. Then they put up flashing lights to warn at the signs before the bridge, truckers still drove under it. Now they have signs with an alternate route that parallels the bridge and rr tracks, as its a rr tressel. As Ron White says, “you can’t fix stupid! ” Truckers still try to drive under it. Some commenters here exhibit this mentality when whining about not being able to use a route. There’s a reason like it or not, get over it, or perhaps you should quit trucking.
Leprechaun says
I’m with you all the way Kelly.well put!!!!!! I’m from up there as well(Iowa).
RheumTrucker says
Love your comment! Very accurate!
Kevin says
Well now the law states trucks can not pass through their town, which means you can not make any
deliveries there also. Problem solved itself, in just one short year the town will literally waist away.
Leprechaun says
It is restricted to thru trucks ONLY,not to local deliveries.try to now the difference.ther are local delivery routes you must follow.
Kevin says
That route is an alternate when traffic is jamed up for miles. I know I’ve driven through both ways.
Leprechaun says
Then you of all drivers should know the truck routes not I do as I please route.
Ron says
“the town council voted unanimously to allow law enforcement to punish violators” Does anyone else see conflict here ? The town council see a chance to “make more money”,and the mafia enforcers do the dirty work.
Leprechaun says
Don’t be blaming the town for what another driver had done.Independence had a truck route at one time until this driver damaged a restricted bridge without reporting it!!! Leave them be,if you drivers want to get pissy with someone,go after the driver who caused this.I live in a small community with specific routes and yes restricted bridges and if I catch any truck on these routes you will get reported.I’ve been driving for almost 18yrs and the drivers today are getting dumber and bolder.
John says
It’s a short cut, it’s not like they were delivering anyways.
Donald W says
They are not going too stop until Drivers who are being run out of business by excess taxes and regulations start shooting with a sniper rifle. Unfortunately that’s the only language bureaucrats understand.
Mike C. says
Some of these comments are pretty ridiculous. I’ve been a driver for 15 years and have seen hundreds of signs in small towns telling us where we can’t take our trucks. I have an idea drivers…why don’t we just do what the hell the town is asking us to do? If it’s against the law for us to be on a section of their roadway then why are we having a debate on whether we should be doing it or not? Let’s just stop delivering freight to the people in town because we’re butthurt about having to follow laws made by the people that actually live there! That’s a great idea! (Sarcasm) Maybe a couple of the cowboys that like to do 30mph thru the fuel island had no problem running way too fast while taking this section of road. Maybe there’s kids playing and their parents don’t like you haulin ass through their neighborhood. Who knows. Bottom line is it’s posted letting us know we’re not allowed to be there. Is it an inconvenience? Maybe, but this is trucking. A lot of this job is inconvenient. You can either handle it or not. If you can’t, Walmart is always hiring cashiers. Just my take on it. Opinions though are like something else that we all have…you know where I’m going with this. Hope everyone has a wonderful afternoon.
Joe says
I hope the town followed proper channels for closing it they have to ask the federal government if they can close it or they will get fined an i just emailed them n if they didnt theyll have to reopen it and get a heavy fine
Leprechaun says
KY 17 IS NOT a federal highway.It is a state and local highway.that bridge was damaged by a hit&run driver.If you don’t like it stay on the federal highways(U.S.& interstates).KY17 was a privilege NOT a right.
Phillip munoz says
If this town is feeling this way about truckers going through there town. Then drivers should stop making any kind of deliveries to the town where the city council place this ban since truckers do indeed bring there food and clothing and other means of product to that town. If this town past this what other states (towns) will follow that make the driver(s) waste more fuel going all the way around
RheumTrucker says
Seriously?? “Going all the way around”- seriously?? You assume without checking the facts. Here is a link to the location. Scroll out a take a moment to absorb what you see.
Dropped Pin
near 121 Pelly Rd, Independence, KY 41051
https://goo.gl/maps/tw91oi18oer
RheumTrucker says
For all those that think this town is being unreasonable- here is the link to the road, pan out to see obvious reason why the town is justified.
Dropped Pin
near 121 Pelly Rd, Independence, KY 41051
https://goo.gl/maps/tw91oi18oer
p.s. Don’t blindly follow your GPS.
RheumTrucker says
The difference is 1.3 miles. That’s it. If you look at the bridge it is clearly damaged on both sides and the stop sign is leaning, trucks have no business on this section of road when the main road is clearly safer.
Tag A Long says
Agreed 1.3 some drivers do more when they make a wrong turn may take 5mi just to turn around
Tag A Long says
No matter how you look at it, there always gonna bash truckers , either we’re in there way by driving up some grade or going to fast, we’re not getting the respect we deserve the appreciation for getting merchandize to the stores, the four wheeler community don’t see the Christmas we miss birthdays, anniversary’s the all night driving we do to get that turkey to the market so they can have a good thanksgiving , we get ours at a Petro or drive 2-3 days all night to make it home just to leave a few hours later and start to focus on getting home for Christmas , I was an over the road driver for many years and I watched the industry go down with new drivers taken jobs for way less you got Steve doing a load for 1.10 a mile but now got Juan and Julio that will overbite the load for 80 CPM and all this is for the benefit and growth of a company, I use to get those driving in a residential countless tickets never beat any of them did the company pay hell no so drivers if its posted or its a residential stay away tell dispatch can’t go thru there throw the ball in there court or you’ll never win attaboy’s and good job driver won’t help when you got excessive points you get the boot company replaces you and you can’t drive for nobody cause you got to many points and classification a negligence driver, I speak from my experience as a driver since 1985 my point don’t take a bullet for any company it ain’t worth it get the load there when you get there if your late your late you can’t change that if dispatch gets his panties twisted cause you didn’t take 17 and you went around next time he can give you more time to there go to your safety dept. Cover your ass ,, sorry drivers I get jabber jawed once in awhile long ass post is the result , I’m out. Roll on 18 wheelers BE SAFE
Sandy says
When I see an article like this part of me says ya ok obey their little stupid law…but then I think about why the interstates were created. They were basically created for the big trucks and woolla look at how many 4 wheelers use them now. Maybe that law should be brought back. No 4 wheelers on our interstates take the slower and longer way around, that would put a dent in fatalities that they just seem to think big trucks are the cause of. All this talk bout restricted truck routes…what ever happened to 4 wheelers being restricted on the interstates
Leander says
This is simply and clearly a small owns personal vendetta against trucks. If there was a bridge damaged by a truck and the trucker did not stop, you’re going to inconvenience everyone. This should not be legal. These weight limits should only be in-place to protect the roadway from weight damage.
Ron Wood says
” It will not prohibit school buses, firetrucks, garbage trucks, or other public vehicles”. Looks like favoritism to me. So the folks that drive these “public Vehicles” are better drivers ? The city would be happy if you just send in a years fines ahead of time. It would be money in their pockets. that’s what it really about….making money off truckers…the police do it all the time to truckers, and if you fit them…the police just take your CDL ! So why fit a losing battle. Just let the police, and government screw you over like they’ve always done. It’s not as a free a country as the government wants you to think. As the late George Carlin said ” It’s THEIR club, and we’re not in it”!.
Ron Wood says
fight them