Author:Kienhöfer, FW; Dessein, T; Nordengen, Paul ADate:Jul 2013The perception may exist in the transport industry among both operators and legislators that commercial vehicle productivity comes at the expense of safety. This is not strictly true. It is possible for a vehicle to have a substantially larger ...Read more
Author:Nordengen, Paul ADate:May 2010In most countries throughout the world, heavy vehicle use on the road network is controlled predominantly by prescriptive regulations. These regulations, in many cases, differ significantly from one country to another. Efforts in various parts ...Read more
Author:Thorogood, R; Bright, G; Nordengen, Paul A; Lyne, PDate:Jul 2009In South Africa, heavy vehicles are currently designed according to stringent prescriptive standards designed and enforced by the national Department of Transport (DoT); these standards are regulated in terms of mass, dimensions and configurations. ...Read more