“Sometimes, they can account for as much as 20 percent of the total expense.”

Therefore, many companies carry too much freight to attempt to make trips more profitable and compete with rivals.

Overloading is a serious problem in China and a hazard for other vehicles and pedestrians.

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According to authorities, 80 percent of trucks are overloaded.

These vehicles have been damaging the country’s crumbling highways and collapsed many bridges in the past.

The bridge finally gave away in July 2011, when a 129-ton truck tried to cross it.

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Both bridges had been built about 10 years ago.

China has about 660,000 bridges, the most of any country in the world.

But each year, more than a dozen of them collapse.

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Overloading is one of the many reasons of bridge failure.

Sources:Dailymail,ChinaDaily

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