Never heard of it...but did a search just now and turned up some talk about such a thing having to do with the Feds relaxing limits on
axle weights of big RV's on Federal roads. I guess the "safety net" refers to keepin' those folks "safe" from tickets or something.
Hereafter, a link for those of us that are pullin' trailers with 24,000 pounds or so on each
axle:
link.