74% of Americans oppose the trucking industry’s efforts to have Congress change the current law and allow heavier trucks on the roads.

Nearly three quarters of registered voters oppose increasing the national cap on truck size from 80,000 to 97,000 pounds.

66% of Americans oppose changing the current law and allowing trucks carrying heavier loads on U.S. highways. “Support for the measure is anemic (only 16% favor the efforts.) Opposition is deep and transcends gender, age, political identification, and region.”

Eight out of ten (82%) Americans feel trucks pulling double or triple trailers are more dangerous than those pulling just a single trailer.

By 77% to 16%, the public opposes increasing truck weight limits.

80% of Americans believe that trucks with two or more trailers are less safe than trucks with a single trailer.

By 71% to 21%, a majority of the American people are willing to pay higher prices for goods in exchange for tougher truck safety standards.

88% of Americans oppose allowing bigger and heavier trucks on the highways.

80% are fully convinced that “trucks pulling two or more trailers are less safe than trucks pulling only one trailer.”