Performance Based Standards for Heavy Vehicles

Résumé du livre

The limitations of traditional approaches to the regulation of heavy vehicles on the basis of length, height, width and axle mass are increasingly apparent; constraints on innovation in vehicle design, and risks to road safety, efficient traffic operations and infrastructure. The current incremental approach or "creep" is also a significant concern for the transport industry, as are the limitations to innovation and productivity of an overly prescriptive approach to regulation. The purpose of this work was to collate relevant information on heavy vehicle investigations, in the form of case studies, where a performance-based approach has been used, and to put this information in a format that would be useful to the PBS guidelines. The work was also intended to assist with the determination of standards based on current best practice, and to provide an illustration of fleet performance. Further, performance measures were also identified in the case studies examined that were used as input into a separately commissioned project, set-up under the "Performance Standards" phase of the PBS project, that has documented the field of performance measures. This separate project was undertaken jointly by RoadUser International Pty Ltd and ARRB Transport Research P/L