The two new Australian Design Rules (ADRs) intend to prevent major incidents on Australia’s roads
The Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia (HVIA) has welcomed two new ADRs that mandate Advanced Emergency Braking (AEB) on heavy vehicles throughout the country.
AEB systems detect likely forward collisions, providing the driver with a warning before applying the brakes automatically if the driver fails to respond.
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The new Advanced Emergency Braking (AEB) will make driving heavy vehicles much safer
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Vehicle stability systems detect the risk of a roll over and automatically decelerate or stabilise the vehicle in response through an anti-roll function.
These systems also notice when a vehicle diverges from the driver’s intended course and takes corrective action to bring the vehicle back on track via a directional control function.
The new legislations bring into effect two ADRs:
- ADR 97/00 – AEB for omnibuses and medium and heavy goods vehicles
- ADR 35/07 – commercial vehicle brake systems
In summary, these ADRs require all goods vehicles and buses above 3.5T GVM to be equipped with AEB, while the requirement of vehicle stability functions of electronic stability control (ESC) is expanded to cover all buses and goods vehicles above 3.5T GVM.
Previously ADRs didn’t require anti-roll and ESC on goods vehicles not used as prime movers, with this update mandating the technology to be included and used on all goods vehicles.
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“The incorporation of advanced safety features into new heavy vehicles is irrefutably one of the most effective proactive strategies for improving road safety,” HVIA CE Todd Hacking says.
“Our industry is unrelenting in its quest to develop and promote the adoption of technology solutions to make heavy vehicles safer.”
Phase in periods begin from November 1 2023, when all new models must comply, from November 1 2024 for all new buses sold and from February 1 2025 for all new vehicles sold above 3.5T GVM.