California highways; a descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways . ting a load approximating a gross weight of twelveand one-half tons for a five-ton truck with capacity load. In all conscience this load would seem to be sufficient tosatisfy any man who uses the State Highway, yet there arethose who no sooner find themselves supplied with a type ofroad which affords them a medium for commercially profit-able enterprise than they proceed to misuse it by puttingout loads of twenty tons and upward. In so far as the use of Californias highways
California highways; a descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways . ting a load approximating a gross weight of twelveand one-half tons for a five-ton truck with capacity load. In all conscience this load would seem to be sufficient tosatisfy any man who uses the State Highway, yet there arethose who no sooner find themselves supplied with a type ofroad which affords them a medium for commercially profit-able enterprise than they proceed to misuse it by puttingout loads of twenty tons and upward. In so far as the use of Californias highways by farmmachinery is concerned regulatory statutes exist whichrequire that a written permission from the Highway Commis-sion be had before the roads are used, this permission beinggranted under certain restrictions which provide for thebanding of or removal of knife-blade edges on the frontwheel of tractors and the equipment of other machinerywith devices intended to protect the road, the main problemwhich confronts the California Highway Commission beingthe creation of a proper force of patrolmen, which, owing [48]. On Ridge Route in Los Angeles County. Guard railssometimes save careless drivers.
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