Weigh stations are used to weigh trucks for the inspection. In American Truck Simulator, trucks use a PrePass, an electronic weigh station bypass transponder that has the carriers name, unit number, and elected gross weight and other information. The weigh master may have the system automatically determine if a truck needs to stop or may override the system. On the highway after passing the first reader, once the truck gets weighed from the sensors underneath the road, another boom arm which sends the transponder a signal, Green, the truck can continue on or Red, if the truck needs to enter the weigh station.
Locations
American Truck Simulator is the first trucking simulator to feature weigh stations and can be found along freeways and roads, either alone or in a truck stop. The player can only use them if there's a message on their Route Advisor. Your vehicle is also checked over and receive a warning for any damage over 5% and a fine for any damage over 10%.
If a driver does not stop at a weigh station when required, the driver has to pay a fine.
With the update 1.37 for both games, if the driver has an illegal trailer or a 10%+ damaged vehicle or trailer, they will be fined.
Trivia
Prior to update 1.37, weigh stations don't offer penalties for being overweight - fines only occur if the player doesn't stop at a weigh station.
In real life, bypassing a weigh station, when you have a red light is called "Flying the Coop". And unlike in the video game, this is considered a felony in real life.
northwest of Bakersfield
east of San Diego
east of Barstow
east of Truckee (westbound only)
north of Eureka (southbound only)
west of The Dalles
north of Burns
Burns Junction
north of Klamath Falls
west of Kennewick (westbound only)
west of Wenatchee
east of Everett
north of Kennewick
