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This week the Performance Based Standards (PBS) scheme got a shot in the arm with the unveiling of three A-double combinations at O’Phee’s Trailers in Brisbane. They will run at 79 tonnes and 30 metres long hauling two 25 tonne containers at a time from Toowoomba on the Great Dividing Range down to the port [...]

There is an ever increasing amount of electronics is modern trucks and a large proportion of the new systems are safety related. It’s great to have all of this whizz-bang stuff available but for many drivers iPod and DVD player connectivity is probably more important than any systems supposed to make their life a little [...]

The chances of Australia getting a sensible and pragmatic electronic work diary system are lengthening fast with the publication of a submission by the New South Wales Road Traffic Authority to the National Transport Commission. In reply to the draft position paper on Electronic Systems for Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue and Speed Compliance, the RTA [...]

The National Transport Commission have just released a draft position paper where they set out some ideas for the development of an electronic work diary to replace the current hand written book introduced late last year. Let’s hope they have learned the lessons of the introduction of the Intelligent Access Program and look for a [...]

Yet again, New South Wales are blocking major productivity gains by being too precious about protecting their infrastructure from damage by heavier trucks. Their requirement for trucks to be part of the Intelligent Access Program before getting access to their limited Higher Mass Limit routes has a prohibitive price. Queensland have also specified IAP but [...]

A new super B-double has recently started operations out of the Port  Botany area in Sydney. This is the first super B-double on the roads of New South Wales.

Transport Certification Australia Limited (TCA), the company administering the Intelligent Access Program (IAP), has announced The Transtech Driven Partnership as an IAP Service Provider.

Intelligent Access Program (IAP) information in Queensland is just a phone call away following the establishment of an IAP Hotline by Queensland Transport and the Department of Main Roads.

Transport Certification Australia Limited (TCA), the company implementing the Intelligent Access Program (IAP), has congratulated the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) on the announcement of its new Higher Mass Limits (HML) route confirmation service, highlighting it as a further example of the RTA’s commitment to assisting transport operators to make informed decisions about fully enrolling [...]

Australian mobile computing solutions firm Sigtec has been named the first IAP Service Provider for Australia’s new Intelligent Access Program. Sigtec say their expertise in real-time wireless data and GPS location-based solutions for transport, government, public safety and taxi industries enabled it to be the first company to meet the stringent requirements set forth by [...]