Road management: a collective responsibility?

October 6, 2020

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ Everyone using the roads has a part to play in managing them. When you think about roads as a system, it becomes clear that the system is too complex for any one player to direct. There are four parties that have roles in managing roads: The […]

Getting the truck out of the congestion equation

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ Ask a group of average people what would help reduce road congestion, and barring trucks from peak time travel will be brought up by some of them. Ask a group of truckies what would improve delivery times and costs and eliminating urban congestion will turn up […]

Life’s certainties: maintenance costs and taxes

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ If you make your living on the roads, then you know that if you don’t have a good road, pretty soon you won’t have a good truck. The maintenance money that fails to go into a road soon ends up as money going into vehicle maintenance […]

The social license challenge of truck width

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ Currently, in Australia, the general access limit is 2.50 metres, while Europe allows up to 2.55 metres for general freight and 2.60 metres for refrigerated trucks and heavy trailers. And 2.60 metres is the standard for all trucks in the United States. The current review of […]

Not all assets are ‘things’

August 4, 2020

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ If you run a transport company, then your drivers are your most critical asset. Sure, a transport operation without vehicles isn’t a transport operation at all. But those vehicles need drivers. More importantly, everything about the transport task funnels the consequences down to a single point […]

Leading through trust

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ There is a saying that trust is one of the few things that is increased by giving it to others. When you put someone in control of your truck you need to be able to trust them. When a driver puts their livelihood into your hands, […]

Accidental angels, or a ‘mobile traffic calming’ strategy?

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ The National Transport Commission (NTC) has released the consultation draft of the regulatory impact assessment of the options arising from their review of the Heavy Vehicle National Law. Among the many things it covers, it looks at fatigue. And because of the narrow focus of the […]

Verification: the foundation of practical trust

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ Verification is a critical part of managing anything. If no-one is checking for the right things, then eventually no-one is doing the right things. Conversely, if you are checking the wrong things, then all people will be doing is the wrong things. And if you appear […]

Control Through Strategy

June 23, 2020

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ Few people enjoy being tossed around like a ship in a storm, yet we can find events beyond our control making us feel, if even only a little or only occasionally, just like that. A trick is to keep in mind those things that can be […]

My Truck, My Castle?

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ It’s not that unusual to find people who see their vehicle as just a thing, and who neglect it in consequence. Minimum legal requirements are pointed right at these people. Other folks are at the other end of the spectrum. An owner-operator’s truck may be the […]

Vehicle Maintenance, or Vehicle Management?

By: Peter Carr EROAD Director, Regulatory Market Development ANZ The Chinese strategist Sun Tzu is credited with saying that “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy are the noise before defeat.” Vehicle maintenance is a task, technical and tactical in nature. Vehicle management is a behaviour, a way of going […]

Let Technology do the Heavy Lifting

May 19, 2020

By: TruckSafe Development Partner EROAD In this new world we find ourselves in, working smarter and safely has never been more important. Keeping your business running smoothly and efficiently and at the same time protecting staff can be enhanced by utilising technology. You can improve communication with your drivers, the back-office staff and Managers, all […]