The Pankian Metaphor 3067

it isn't so much the maximum tons ... as mentioned before. it is the number of heavy truck axle-loads that define highway as "consumed" (used up) by heavy truck traffic. the cost of that heavy truck traffic is propotional to the amount of mile-axle-loads ... i.e. total cost of a highway is somewhat proportional to the number of miles. the amount of a road that is consumed by heavy truck axle-loads is proportional to the amount (or miles) of highway consumed (actually used). the specification claims that consumer and other light vehicles have no impact on highway "consumption" (using it up).

a highway consumption (using up the highway resource resulting in needing maintenance and-or rebuilt) of 15000 mile-axle-loads. A consumer or other light vehicle trip of 2500 miles has highway consumption ('use") of zero mile-axle-loads (there is no consumptioin of the highway resource by consumer and other light vehicles)

Basically highways are designed and built for specific number of heavy truck axle-loads (which represent a consumption of the highway resource ... aka wear & tear using up or consuming the highway).

other previous posts in this thread mentioning heavy truck axle-loads:

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