The law makes permanent an emergency ban put into place last November by then Governor Whitman following several high-profile accidents involving trucks on the narrow, winding stretch. The ban applies to all trucks over 13 tons and is in addition to a state regulation upheld in Federal court earlier this month that bans large through-traveling trucks from most state and all local roads (MTR #310). Trucks found in violation of the law will face fines of up to $1,000.