marinus la rooij - nz transport agency

HEAVY VEHICLE SAFETY CHALLENGES IN NEW ZEALAND

Chain of Responsibility & Heavy Vehicle Safety Conference, November 2016

Marinus La Rooӱ, Freight Strategy Manager, NZ Transport Agency

New Zealand at a Glance

An exporting nation with significant freight volumes (especially commodities), on a long ‘stringy’ network.

NZ’s Freight Task is Growing 50-60% Increase in freight volumes by 2042

Freight volume forecast National Freight Demand Study (MoT 2014)

Road Transport Industry •  Dominated by owner-drivers •  Low barriers to market entry •  Highly competitive and cost

sensitive market •  Freight owners often twice

removed from haulers…

The Safety Challenge Due to the physical forces involved (with larger size & mass), a mistake (or poor decision) involving a truck (including when trucks are not ‘at fault’) is more likely to result in: -  a crash -  death & serious injury

Progress Towards a Safe System

New Approaches Needed….

Safer Roads + Roadsides

•  Significant investment in strategic freight network (national + regional routes)

•  High risk rural roads guide

Building safer roads

Safer Roads + Roadsides

•  High productivity =

reduces crash risk

exposure

Get More Freight on Fewer Trucks

Safer Vehicles

Safer Vehicles

Safer Journeys Action Plan

Examine (in 2017) value of mandating: o Electronic Stability Control (ESC) o Side under-run protection o Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) o Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB)

Safer Vehicles •  High productivity = mandatory

safety features •  Encourage newer vehicles •  Certificate of Fitness review Opportunity to look at other safety features across the whole fleet

High Productivity Safety Results Crashes involving combination-heavy vehicles (including

HPMVs)

Safer Speeds

•  10-Below Campaign •  Speed Management Guide •  Installation of digital speed cameras

Right Speeds for the Conditions

Safer Road Use

NZ Truck Drivers •  Aging workforce •  Can work up to 70 hours a week •  Difficult for younger people to

move through licencing system Opportunity to better incentivise driver education and skills?

Safer Road Use

•  Driver Licencing Rule •  Roll-over prevention

campaign •  Safe & Efficient Driver

Education (SAFE-ED) •  Educate other road users

Safer Road Users

Safer Road Use

Influencing Operating Environment •  ‘Chain of Responsibility’ - Land

Transport Act 1989 (Sec. 79T and 79U)

•  Operator Rating System (ORS) •  Freight Owners

Safer Road Use Smarter Enforcement •  Closer collaboration with NZ

Police (CVIU) •  Use of road-side technology •  Weigh/Right

Safer Road Use ‘Compliance as a Service’? Use of technology for real-time monitoring of heavy vehicles, provided by accredited third parties, audited and incentivised….

Korero Mai Questions & Discussion

www.nzta.govt.nz/freight freightportfolio@nzta.govt.nz