Heavy vehicle enforcement

Heavy vehicles are involved in about 15 per cent of fatal road crashes that occur annually in South Australia (SA). During 2004 in SA a survey revealed that 30 per cent of the heavy transport drivers contacted exceeded 85 hours per week driving. Regulatory controls generally restrict this to a total of 72 hours per week. In May 2006 South Australia Police released its Road Safety Strategy 2006-2010. This strategy incorporated the national and state reduction targets for fatal and serious injury crashes and articulated the police roles and actions with a particular focus on detection, deterrence and education.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/conference-papers/database/
• Authors:
  • Rhodes, R
  • Rankine, T
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference, 2007, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Publication Date: 2007-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Heavy vehicles; Highway safety; Law enforcement; Policy; Strategic planning; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deterrence; Driving hours; Road safety (human factors)
• Geographic Terms: South Australia
• ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Deterrence; Driving hours; Heavy vehicle driver; Law enforcement; Policy; Road safety; Strategic planning
• Subject Areas: Policy; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01387408
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 10:24PM