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Papabear, that's not the new norm, I think it always or mostly was like that even in the USA, maybe with exception of the 19th century settlers on the plains; no free rides there.It's the "new norm" in America...10% do the heavy lifting and 90% take a free ride.
With some exceptions, that is the rule in most EU countries as well. The main exception: bobbing or making any significant changes to the original design and your truck counts like manufactured today and you are up the creek. That is why it was so important that the Dutch DoT gave me a type approval dated the year the truck was made, not the year the truck got its first ever legal road papers. Thanks to that paper, I now have an EU and hence world-wide recognized manufacturing date of 1973, saving me a lot of problems when getting through any technical inspection.Iowa modified their laws and went into effect July of 2012. Without getting too complex and detailed, it boils down to whatever year the vehicle is, it has to meet the fmcsa rule of that year. If the fmcsa wasn't in place the year of manufacture, then the vehicle doesn't have to meet the standard. It's a little more complex and a few other deals tied with the legislation.
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