John,
This is a great and worthwhile discussion.
Since the 1990s, the bridge design code - specifically AS5100.7, which
focusses on bridge assessments - has played a significant role in
maintaining maximum axle loads in Australia. Also important to restricting
axle loads is pavement wear. Recent years has seen robust discussion
around ESA's (equivalent standard axles) and the development of a graph -
the "blue" line and the "green" line - that determines when a vehicle is
causing greater pavement wear on the network.
Of great interest to me then are those countries that allow 24.0 tonnes on
a tri-axle group, 1.5 tonnes higher than that allowed under the Higher Mass
Limits Scheme in Australia. From an ESA and pavement wear perspective, how
is this axle loading justified? Are the pavements better overseas? The
same question could go for bridges. The bulk of structures in Australia
were built pre 1976 and therefore meet the MS18 design code. Again, is
this the case overseas? And if so, how is 24.0 tonnes on a tri-axle group
justified? Is it because bridge engineers outside of Australia apply a
different live loading?
Answering these questions are key to understanding the rationale of the
varied axle loads across the world.
Regards,
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Hi Chris,
I have followed up on your suggestion to have a panel discussion on
regulatory reform at HVTT14. The program has not be formalised yet but my
hope is to have this as the opening plenary session as a scene-setter for
the whole conference. We are hoping to have the Minister of Transport open
the conference and so it would be good to have a general overview session
like this at the start which he could find interesting and useful.
I am envisaging that there might be about six presenters on the panel and
thus, necessarily each will only have a relatively short time slot. We
would set each of them a set of four or five questions to address regarding
the regulatory reform process in their jurisdictions. Some suggestions for
these questions are:
1. What regulatory reform processes are currently occurring?
2. What are the primary motivations for these reforms? (safety,
productivity, consistency, compliance etc)
3. What are the stakeholder engagement processes used?
4. What outcomes are you hoping to achieve?
I am happy to receive further suggestions.
Regards,
John
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Great questions Johan
And I am wondering if it might be possible to have a session at the next
HVTT in NZ where we can discuss where regulation of weights and limits for
heavy vehicles is going across different countries and regions across the
world, and then consider what factors are supporting or blocking such
limits. The list that Joop is preparing would be a great starting point
for this discussion and could lead into a general discussion about key
issues in heavy vehicle policy and regulatory reform across different
countries and regions.
John de Pont, do you think there is space within the HVTT program to
schedule a session on this?
Regards
Dr Christopher Walker
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Subject: Re: regulations in non-European countries
Dear all,
In addition to benchmarking regulations for weight & dimensions as Joop P
is doing, it would be interesting to compare how different countries
justify their policies upon limit values.
WHY have vehicles been restricted to lengths X1, X2 etc and to weights Y1,
Y2 etc?
For example:
- Political ambition to limit road haulage competitive advantage over rail
transport,
- Accessibility / urban planning,
- Road safety,
- ...
Cheers,
Johan Granlund
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22 apr. 2016 kl. 13:09 skrev Marmy, Jacques <[log in to unmask]>:
Dear Joop,
Thank you for your note and please find attached from our IRU
database the listed weights and dimensions that we collected from our
members, which could be of great help to draw up your list.
Best regards,
Jacques Marmy
Head - Technical Affairs
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Subject: regulations in non-European countries
Dear colleagues
In Europe (EC countries) we have the EC regulations concerning legal
measurements and weights for trucks and trailers. These regulations
are not valid in other parts of the world. We are interested in
(references to) information on regulations (legal measurements and
weights) and registration of trucks and trailers for non-European
countries. We are happy to draw up the list of responses and share
that afterwards.
Thanks in advance
Joop
dr. Joop P. Pauwelussen MBA
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