Understanding the consequences of driving overloaded vehicles

March 26, 2019

Christopher Lyon

NTEA Director of Fleet Relations

Fleet professionals are tasked with providing safe, reliable and compliant vehicles for their organization. In many cases, fleet professionals that design these work trucks only have indirect control and/or input on how these vehicles are used after being placed in service.

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