A performance-based standards regime to regulate car-carriers in South Africa

De Saxe, CCNordengen, Paul AKienhofer, FW2013-08-272013-08-272013-07De Saxe, C.C., Nordengen, P.A. and Kienhofer, F.W. 2013. A performance-based standards regime to regulate car-carriers in South Africa. In: 32nd Annual Southern African Transport Conference, CSIR ICC, Pretoria, 8-11 July 2013978-1-920017-62-0http://www.satc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/Presentations/Session%203%20A%20Freight%20and%20logistics/A%20performance%20based%20standards%20regime%20to%20regulate%20car%20carriers%20in%20South%20Africa%20-%20C%20de%20Saxe.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/695832nd Annual Southern African Transport Conference, CSIR ICC, Pretoria, 8-11 July 2013. The link provided is for the presentation not the full paper.Until recently, South African car-carriers operated under the abnormal load permit system allowing an additional 300 mm height and 500 mm length. Because car-carrier payloads are divisible and abnormal load permits are usually granted for indivisible loads, these permits were granted only as a special concession to the car-carrier industry. This practice is being phased out due to concerns over the stability of the over-height vehicles and a number of incidents of non-compliance by some car-carrier operators. The Abnormal Loads Technical Committee has stipulated two requirements should operators wish to operate car-carriers in excess of legislated dimensional limits. Firstly, the operator must be RTMS-certified (RTMS is the Road Transport Management System, a voluntary accreditation scheme addressing overloading, vehicle maintenance, driver training etc.); and secondly, the car-carrier should be shown to comply with the Performance-Based Standards (PBS) scheme. The PBS scheme is a detailed set of safety standards which regulate vehicle performance (such as vehicle rollover tendency) when conducting prescribed manoeuvres. A number of PBS demonstration projects are currently running in South Africa. This paper outlines the progress to date in developing and implementing PBS-compliant car-carrier designs, the regulatory challenges encountered, and the envisaged regulatory future for car-carriers in South Africa.enPerformance-based standardsCar-carriersHeavy vehicle safetyRoad Transport Management SystemA performance-based standards regime to regulate car-carriers in South AfricaConference PresentationDe Saxe, C., Nordengen, P. A., & Kienhofer, F. (2013). A performance-based standards regime to regulate car-carriers in South Africa. SATC 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6958De Saxe, CC, Paul A Nordengen, and FW Kienhofer. "A performance-based standards regime to regulate car-carriers in South Africa." (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6958De Saxe C, Nordengen PA, Kienhofer F, A performance-based standards regime to regulate car-carriers in South Africa; SATC 2013; 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6958 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - De Saxe, CC AU - Nordengen, Paul A AU - Kienhofer, FW AB - Until recently, South African car-carriers operated under the abnormal load permit system allowing an additional 300 mm height and 500 mm length. Because car-carrier payloads are divisible and abnormal load permits are usually granted for indivisible loads, these permits were granted only as a special concession to the car-carrier industry. This practice is being phased out due to concerns over the stability of the over-height vehicles and a number of incidents of non-compliance by some car-carrier operators. The Abnormal Loads Technical Committee has stipulated two requirements should operators wish to operate car-carriers in excess of legislated dimensional limits. Firstly, the operator must be RTMS-certified (RTMS is the Road Transport Management System, a voluntary accreditation scheme addressing overloading, vehicle maintenance, driver training etc.); and secondly, the car-carrier should be shown to comply with the Performance-Based Standards (PBS) scheme. The PBS scheme is a detailed set of safety standards which regulate vehicle performance (such as vehicle rollover tendency) when conducting prescribed manoeuvres. A number of PBS demonstration projects are currently running in South Africa. This paper outlines the progress to date in developing and implementing PBS-compliant car-carrier designs, the regulatory challenges encountered, and the envisaged regulatory future for car-carriers in South Africa. DA - 2013-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Performance-based standards KW - Car-carriers KW - Heavy vehicle safety KW - Road Transport Management System LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 SM - 978-1-920017-62-0 T1 - A performance-based standards regime to regulate car-carriers in South Africa TI - A performance-based standards regime to regulate car-carriers in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6958 ER -