Rhode Island enforces maximum truck weight laws primarily through fines, without specific provisions for imprisonment for weight violations.

Fines in Rhode Island vary based on the extent of the overweight:

• For weights up to ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs) over the legal limit, fines are sixty-five dollars ($65) per pound.

• For weights exceeding ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs) over the limit, fines are one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per pound.

Additionally, vehicles operating in excess of one hundred four thousand, eight hundred pounds (104,800 lbs) gross vehicle weight incur an extra penalty of one thousand twenty-five dollars ($1,025) on top of the standard fines.