Size does matter: but when is big too big? [vehicle design]
New vehicle designs offer significant advantages to commercial freight operators in terms of volume and payload and for this reason it is inevitable that the industry will continue to call for a change to the rules and regulations that govern them. With the advent of larger and heavier vehicles, the pressure is mounting on the various state road authorities and enforcement agencies to continue to modify their standards and guidelines with respect to the operation of those vehicles and the impacts they are having on driver behaviour, associated minimum safety standards and the condition of our roads. As a way forward, it is imperative that we as traffic engineers become more familiar with the requirements of the ever-changing heavy vehicle fleet and learn to assist in accommodating these larger vehicles on our busier road corridors. Their impact on road capacity and road safety continues to evolve and therefore this also needs to be better understood.
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Authors:
- Hitchins, D
- Ritzinger, A
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 2016-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 14p
- Monograph Title: 2016 AITPM Traffic and Transport Conference, Sydney, New South Wales, 26-29 July, 2016
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Heavy vehicles; Highway capacity; Highway safety; Highway traffic control; Safety; Traffic regulations; Vehicle mix; Vehicle size
- Uncontrolled Terms: Vehicle Regulations
- Geographic Terms: Australia
- ATRI Terms: Freight transport; Heavy vehicle; Road safety; Traffic capacity; Traffic management; Vehicle dimension
- ITRD Terms: 1112: Freight transport; 1236: Lorry
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01613391
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Oct 19 2016 10:51AM