Editorial role
TruckWeightInfo.com is maintained by Marcus Webb, a transportation compliance researcher. The work is source research, not legal representation, permit brokerage, routing service, or citation defense. The editorial job is to locate official material, explain what it supports, and keep uncertainty visible when a source does not directly answer a field.
The site is intentionally narrow. It focuses on U.S. truck weight limits, axle groups, bridge-formula context, oversize and overweight permit offices, seasonal restrictions, scale-ticket workflow, and enforcement-source references. A page is useful only when a driver, dispatcher, safety manager, or researcher can move from the summary to the controlling public source without guessing which agency was used.
What gets published
A state field is published when the research pass can attach it to an official source record. That source may be a state DOT permit page, statute database, administrative code page, enforcement agency page, court or fine schedule, FHWA publication, FMCSA source, or an official state-recognized permit system. Private summaries are useful for finding leads, but they are not used to fill factual fields.
When a field cannot be verified, the gap stays visible. The page may show a low-confidence label, a "not found in official review" status, or a note explaining that no statewide source was confirmed. That is a deliberate editorial choice. A visible gap is more honest than a neat answer that quietly comes from an unofficial summary.
Source independence
State fields are not filled from lead-generation pages, paid placement, private permit services, or scraped copies of agency material. The site does not sell permits, broker freight, route trucks, or accept advertising that changes source selection. If a state uses a vendor portal or non-.gov official system, the source is kept visible with notes instead of being treated as an unnamed substitute for the agency.
Outbound source links are presented so users can inspect the agency material directly. If an official source changes after publication, the current agency page controls over this site's summary until the next correction pass updates the field.
Confidence labels
High confidence means the official source directly supports the field. Medium confidence means the source supports the field with interpretation or with related agency language. Low confidence means a stronger official source was not confirmed in the review. Low-confidence fields stay visible so users can see the gap rather than inherit a silent guess.
Confidence is not a ranking of how important a field is. A low-confidence fine-source field can matter a great deal after a citation; it simply means the available public source did not support a clean statewide summary. A medium-confidence seasonal field may be useful for planning, but it still deserves a live road, bridge, permit, or weather check near the movement date.
Review process
The normal review path starts with the most direct state source, usually a DOT, DMV, motor carrier, or permit office page. If that page does not answer the field, the review moves to statute, administrative code, enforcement material, FHWA publications, and FMCSA sources as needed. Every source record keeps the publisher, URL, source type, and last verification date.
A review note is written when the source needs context: non-.gov vendor system, citation-specific fine handling, no statewide seasonal rule confirmed, route-specific permit language, or a field that depends on bridge spacing or posted roads. These notes are not decorative. They are there so a user can decide whether the field is ready for a quick reference check or needs a live agency review.
Corrections
Corrections are accepted when they point to a current official source: state DOT, DMV, permit office, statute, court schedule, enforcement material, FHWA, or FMCSA. A correction is not accepted because a third-party summary disagrees with the page. The source has to support the replacement wording.
A useful correction includes the page URL on this site, the field or sentence that appears wrong, the official source URL, and the date the agency page was checked. If the correction is verified, the field value, confidence label, source note, last-reviewed date, and public data export are updated together in the next review cycle.
AI-assisted drafting boundary
Drafting tools may be used to organize notes, find repeated wording, or check whether a page is readable. They are not treated as a source of legal or regulatory facts. A weight limit, permit office, fine-source statement, seasonal restriction, or citation-related claim must still be tied back to the official source record before publication.
The practical standard is simple: if a sentence would change a driver's, dispatcher's, or safety manager's understanding of a rule, permit step, route restriction, or enforcement source, it needs source support. If the source is indirect or incomplete, the page should say that instead of smoothing over the uncertainty.
Legal boundary
Nothing on this site is legal advice. Official sources, permit terms, route approvals, court records, and agency instructions control the operating decision. When a page discusses fines or tickets, it is pointing users toward official material, not estimating an outcome.
For background on the maintainer role, see the About page. For field scoring, source priority, and indexability rules, see the Methodology page. For the full list of reviewed sources, see the Sources registry.