So why is this necessary in the first place? What is the difference for a shipping company to add 10,000 pounds? Is it less routes? Is this all to save money?

Well, yes.

So the argument from the Shippers Coalition, which is a very powerful coalition that's pushing this bill, these are the beverage shippers, the food and beverage companies like Anheuser-Busch, PepsiCo, etc., They look at it as money savings because they're able to put five and a half tons of extra weight on every tractor trailer that leaves one of their facilities.

So, yes, they're going to save money.

The problem is the cost of this proposal is going to go to two places.

Number one, it's going to go to the states.

and the local municipalities for the infrastructure damage.

In a situation where you have a log jam and you have all of these trucks backed up on a bridge, what's the possibility that that bridge might collapse?