Mexico tightens rules, lowers weight on trucks
MEXICO CITY - (AP) -- The Mexican government says it is tightening inspections and lowering maximum allowed weights for freight trucks after protests over deadly accidents involving double-trailer trucks.
Mexico has allowed trucks to roam two-lane roads with loads of up to 80 metric tons and lengths exceeding 100 feet.
Independent truckers have protested, saying that is dangerous and increases pressure on them to overload their rigs.
The Communications and Transport Department said Friday it is lowering maximum weights by 4.5 tons, and limiting double trailers to 25 kilometer (15.5 mile) runs on secondary roads.
The move follows two accidents in which the rear units of double trailers came loose and careened into buses, killing a total of 49 bus passengers.
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