Daphne Izer, founder of Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.) after her son Jeff and three of his friends were killed in a truck crash, the Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) and other safety organizations sent a letter to Governor Baldacci today urging him to take action to stop trucks that weigh 100,000 lbs. from traveling on Maine?s state roads. The one-year pilot program, included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law No. 11-117, H.R. 3288), that allowed 100,000 lb. trucks on sections of Maine?s Interstates and 99,000 lb. trucks on Vermont?s Interstates expired on December 17, 2010.

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