39 N.J. Super. 236 - State v. Olean Transportation Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “The evil or mischief intended to be suppressed by the statute in question was the loading of a vehicle in excess of the weight authorized by the terms of its certificate of registration. What the Legislature clearly had in mind at the time it amended and supplemented R.S. 39:3-84 in 1950 ( L. 1950, c. 142), was the protection of our highways and highway structures — subject as they are to the extraordinary use and ever-increasing volume of commercial traffic crossing and recrossing our State — from damage by overweight vehicles. Cf. N.J.S.A. 39:3-84 and 84.4.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 N.J. Super. 345 - State v. Levitan Interstate Transport, Inc.

2. “It is the opinion of this court that this statute applies to both resident and non-resident vehicles and that it has for its object the protection of New Jersey highways. It is further the opinion of this court that the Legislature in employing the term in the statute — `in excess of that provided for on the certificate of registration for the vehicle' — meant the gross weight listed on such certificate of registration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 N.J. Super. 345 - State v. Levitan Interstate Transport, Inc.

3. “with a gross weight of vehicle and load in excess of that provided for on the certificate of registration for the vehicle,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 N.J. Super. 345 - State v. Levitan Interstate Transport, Inc.