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Police act as weight watchers for big-rigs

New Jersey drivers are constantly sharing the road with heavy trucks, and state police are out making sure rigs aren?t carrying extra weight. Police say the legal weight limit for an 18-wheeler is 80,000

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Sep 12, 2007, 6:49 PM

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