Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will use Kapsch TrafficCom’s commercial enforcement platform to gather information about overweight commercial vehicles passing on the state’s highways.

This platform will provide specific data for INDOT to recommend legislative changes to modernise the state’s overweight vehicle enforcement programme.

This pilot programme is a collaborative effort between INDOT, the Indiana Department of Revenue, and the Indiana State Police.

Weight of vehicles impacts pavement and bridge condition, one 80,000-pound truck can cause as much pavement damage as 9,600 cars.

"This platform will provide specific data for INDOT to recommend legislative changes to modernise the state’s overweight vehicle enforcement programme."

As part of the pilot programme, weigh-in-motion sensors (WIMS) will be embedded in the pavement along I-94 in northwest Indiana, enabling INDOT to measure the gross vehicle weight and axle weight of vehicles moving at highway speeds.

The department will also use camera technology along with WIMS to create virtual weigh stations.

Images of license plates of potentially overweight vehicles will be captured.

The joint transportation research programme will review the results of the pilot programme to validate the accuracy of the sensors.

This technology is similar to the one used for open road tolling systems such as the RiverLink system planned for the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges.