Any driver who has driven a big rig for any amount of time can tell when he has a flat on the trailer. You can feel it and sometimes hear it if you are attentive. A driver should stop and do a walk around and thump his tires at least every 4 hours anyway.
I learned that from Sonny Pruett and Will Chandler.
My first thoughts, exactly— they don’t need meddling tech weenies to tell them 1.)their tires are under-inflated (there is a lot of simple tech on vehicle to monitor tire pressure for each tire.. each one and while in use.
2.) if this is mis worded— a “FLAT” tire is instantly notable to any experienced long or short haul driver. Can’t miss it, even if running “empty” in cargo excess to tare weight.
This is a money grab— big surprise. One more parasitic tech weenie in search of harrassment potential in their sales pitch to the lib morons. People like butt-gig the Trannysportation Secetary of the US. He be purrfect for this niggling crap.
My first thoughts, exactly— they don’t need meddling tech weenies to tell them 1.)their tires are under-inflated (there is a lot of simple tech on vehicle to monitor tire pressure for each tire.. each one and while in use.
2.) if this is mis worded— a “FLAT” tire is instantly notable to any experienced long or short haul driver. Can’t miss it, even if running “empty” in cargo excess to tare weight.
This is a money grab— big surprise. One more parasitic tech weenie in search of harrassment potential in their sales pitch to the lib morons. People like butt-gig the Trannysportation Secetary of the US. He be purrfect for this niggling crap.
The problem then is that the driver(s) get paid by the mile, not by the hour. They aren’t going to stop. And finding someone to put a tire on a trailer at 3 am can be difficult, to say the least. If it rolls, it goes.
Uh. Nope.
All true.
Somewhat related. I saw how an infrared heat sensor is used at weigh stations to detect improperly adjusted brakes.