HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) on Friday announced that in a continuing focus on modernization and streamlining processes as well as an added convenience to customers the use of weight class stickers has been eliminated, effective Jan. 29, 2022.
“Historically, trucks with a registered weight of 5,001 pounds or greater were required to display a truck weight class sticker on the inside of their vehicles windshield,” PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian said.
“This was an antiquated and unreliable indicator for law enforcement and inconvenient for the industry/vehicle owners. The reliable way to determine the vehicle’s registered weight is for the law enforcement officer to review the current registration card.”
A vehicle’s weight classification is printed on the vehicle’s registration card carried within a vehicle and produced during a vehicle stop.
Eliminating weight class stickers will have no bearing on revenue as application fees are collected in accordance with established fee schedules.
PennDOT published its intent to eliminate weight class stickers in the Pennsylvania Bulletin in May of 2020.
“Elimination of weight class stickers is a win-win for PennDOT and the trucking industry, saving costs and cutting needless red tape,” Rebecca Oyler, Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA) president and chief executive officer said.
“PMTA has long supported this change and is pleased with this final rulemaking, which will benefit the owners of an estimated 1.6 million commercial and non-commercial vehicles.”
All motor vehicle forms and publications related to weight class stickers are being updated to remove the reference of a “weight class sticker.” The updated forms will be available on the Web site at www.dmv.pa.gov.
More information can be found on PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Service Web site under the Elimination of Truck Weight Class Stickers page.
Customers may still obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services, including all forms, publications and driver training manuals, online through PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services Web site, www.dmv.pa.gov.
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