Management of Truck Loading Weight: A Critical Review of the Literature and Recommended Remedies

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Issue		MATEC Web Conf. Volume 81, 2016 2016 5^th International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Engineering (ICTTE 2016)


Article Number		03007
Number of page(s)		5
Section		Traffic Control
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20168103007
Published online		25 October 2016

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