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Designing heavy vehicles to be safer and more productive using PBS

Author: Kienhöfer, FW ; Dessein, T ; Nordengen, Paul A Date: Jul 2013 The 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
Heavy vehicle safety performance

Author: Deiss, J ; Kienhöfer, F ; Nordengen, Paul A ; De Saxe, Christopher C ; Berman, Robert J ; Steenkamp, Anton J Date: Oct 2018 Significant benefits have been realised in South Africa from adopting the PBS framework in the form of reduced fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, road wear, trips and crashes. Three representative baseline PBS vehicles were developed (a quad-axle ... Read more
Improving the road wear performance of heavy vehicles in South Africa using a performance-based standards approach

Author: Nordengen, Paul A Date: May 2010 In 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
Performance-based analysis of current South African semi-trailer designs

Author: Thorogood, R ; Bright, G ; Nordengen, Paul A ; Lyne, P Date: Jul 2009 In 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

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