Heavy vehicle industry leaders met in Brisbane last week to discuss a key list of technical priorities to help make the industry safer and more efficient
The Heavy Vehicle Industry Association has announced that their newly appointed chief technical officer Adam Ritzinger and manager for member engagement Harrison Hunkin are in discussions with the NHVR over key issues discussed at last week’s State Committee meeting.
The HVIA duo met with members of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) team in Brisbane to discuss five key agenda items affecting the transport industry today.
On the agenda for discussion by the group, which included NHVR chief engineer Les Bruzsa, assistant chief engineer Josh Diyn, PBS review projects manager Scott Britton and PBS engineer Gary Aguiar were:
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- Stakeholder responses to PBS 2.0, and NHVR timeline for the next steps
- Implementation of the proposed changes to the PBS Directional Stability Under Braking Standard
- Use of low rolling resistance tyres in PBS vehicles
- Proposals for a new performance-based Pavement Horizontal Loading Standard
- Industry-preferred vehicle envelopes for high-productivity freight vehicles such as A-doubles
The HVIA reported constructive discissions on the topics and has invited its members to get in touch if they have an interest in any of these issues in particular.
It has committed to work closely with the NHVR to progress the issues too.