Vehicle Overloading: A Review

The growth of every nation's economy is estimated by the evolution of its transport substructure. With the moderate development of economy, the scale of transportation industry continues to inflate. Vehicle overloading is illicit exceeding of maximum allowed weight of vehicles, is a serious problem both in developing and developed countries around the world. This paper basically highlights the work done in determining the problems caused due to overloading in vehicles and the technologies used for monitoring, detecting and controlling overload in the vehicles. It also identifies and discusses the efforts undertaken by different researchers using different technologies like GSM, GPS, RFID, BOT (build Operate transfer) projects, WIM (Weighin-motion), FOS (Fiber Optic Sensor), IoT (Internet of Things) and geophone that proposes a solution for boosting public transportation management services.