1. MoT - Indonesia
August 2011 – Russell Greenland – Manager Transport Safety Services

2. Transport Safety Services - Functions
 Transport Industry Compliance monitoring
– Mass & Dimension
– Road Safety (speed, fatigue, load security, etc)
– Chain of Responsibility
– Tow Truck Industry
 Education
 Escorting Services
(In many other states this is done
by the Police)
 Route Survey’s and Inspections
 Bridge Supervision
 Emergency Response

3. Transport Safety Services
Partnerships with Agencies
 Victoria police
 Victorian Transport Association
 Transport Workers Union
 WorkSafe
 Sheriffs
 Department of Immigration
 Customs
 Interstate Police/Road Agencies
 NZ Police

4. Transport Safety Services
7 Regions
- 5 Country
- 2 Metropolitan
MSER W N
MNWR NE
E
SW Metro
60 officers statewide
30 in metro’s

5. Transport Safety Services
 Fleet consists of a mixture of fully marked and
covert vehicles
 Emergency Vehicle Status
 Magenta Lights

6. Transport Safety Services
In Vehicle Equipment:
 Portable Scales
 Laser speed detection – portable
 Mobile Radar (Stalker) – fixed
 In car camera – video
 State Mobile Radio – fixed and portable
 VHF Radio – fixed and portable
 Portable breathalyser
 Personal voice/video recorder
 Tint meter
 Time/Distance – speed detection device – fixed
 In car computer and touch screen - fixed

7. Transport Safety Services
 Loads that are typical for TSS officers to
escort include:

8. Asset Protection
Why is Mass and Dimension such a focus to
VicRoads and to TSS?
PRIMARILY
 Protection of the States Assets:-
– Bridges/Culverts
– Pavements/Road furniture
– Replacement value in excess of $20b
– 25,000km – VicRoads
– 133,000km – Local roads
– 13,000 – Structures (5,000 VR / 8,000 Local)

9. How traffic loads impact on pavements?

10. How traffic loads impact on pavements?
The risks of
depreciation of
our assets over
time not only
impacts on
maintenance
costs but has a
negative
influence on
road safety and
crash risk
reduction.

11. Weighing Technologies

12. Weighing TechnologiesVehicle journey
Shepparton to
Melbourne 3x per
week approx
40,000km per
year resulting in
$5000 pavement
damage annually.
This vehicle was
sold & new more
appropriate
vehicle purchased
and down loaded
eliminating
accelerated
pavement
damage issues.

13. Statistics for MSER & State –
2010/11
 Interceptions – MSER 10,000 (60,000 state-wide)
 Breaches - MSER 3,500 (10% O/R, 30% def)
 Escorts - 456 – 1544 Hours on task
 Cases to Court - 592 cases
 Investigations - 131
 Education - 97
• Each Year TSS intercept 60,000 heavy vehicles.
• Issue 28,000 mass and dimension permits
• Conduct 4,000 escorts for large vehicles
• Prosecute 1,000 cases in the magistrates court.
• Issue 7,000 penalty notices & 5,000 vehicle defect notices

14. Transport Safety Services
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
Four partnership Case studies:
1. Heavy Vehicle Roll-over Protection Program
2. Black Spur Code of Behaviour
3. Brick and Tile Industry Code – Load Security
4. Concrete Panel Industry – Load Security

15. Heavy Vehicle Rollover Protection Program
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
Case study 1
Heavy Vehicle Rollover Protection Program

16. Heavy Vehicle Rollover Protection Program
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
 Developed by a local TSS Officer
 Now a DVD that has been sent to numerous countries
around the world (4 alternate languages)
 Provides industry with training tools that are relevant,
simplistic and affordable.
 Provides training aides to professional registered
training providers in the correct format.

17. Black Spur Code of Behaviour
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
Case study 2
Black Spur Code of Behaviour (CoB)
VicRoads major concerns about log truck use of the Black
Spur include speed, travelling on the correct side of the
road, trucks meeting at tight corners and allowing traffic
to pass.
In addition, there are a number of community concerns
that can also be addressed by demonstrating that
logging operators will try to meet community
expectations wherever possible

18. Black Spur Code of Behaviour
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
 Issues cover both safety and amenity.
 Aim is to be self regulating – Peer pressure
 Sanctions model both by industry sector and
VicRoads
– Industry exclusion from contracts
– Cancellation of vehicle permits
 Inputs from all sectors of the community
including Police, local government, community
groups and the public.

19. Black Spur Code of Behaviour
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
 Document created by industry sector in
partnership with VicRoads
 Identifies this sector of the Trucking industry
as being responsible citizens in the eyes of the
community.

20. Black Spur Code of Behaviour
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
Issues covered:
 Speed
 Fatigue
 Load security
 Dust
 Engine Brake noise
 Mass
 Handling corners
 Allowing vehicles to pass, etc.

21. Brick and Tile Industry Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
Case study 3
Brick and Tile Industry Code
 Based on history of non-compliance
 Road Safety implications
 Recognised base level understanding by
industry
 Partnerships with VicRoads and WorkSafe

22. Brick and Tile Industry Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
 Sharing of developed best practice with
VicRoads for publication as industry
benchmark
 Dovetails into existing specific product
brochures

23. Brick and Tile Industry Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
Issues:
 Loaders falling from vehicles
 Bricks falling from vehicles
 Vehicles rolling over

24. Brick and Tile Industry Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry

25. Brick and Tile Industry Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry

26. Brick and Tile Industry Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
3 Tonne rated load hooks

27. Concrete Panel Transport/Loading Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
Case study 4
Poor understanding by industry on loading
requirements
– Chains not rated
– No belly chains / insufficient chains
– Frames not secured independently to
tray
 2 occurrences of panels coming off vehicles
 1 instance of panels cutting through rear of
truck cabin

28. Concrete Panel Transport/Loading Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry

29. Concrete Panel Transport/Loading Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
 Partners in the process
•TWU /CFMEU
•Transport Industry
•Manufacturers
•VicRoads
•WorkSafe

30. Concrete Panel Transport/Loading Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
 Packages developed and distributed to
industry
• Loading guidelines
• WorkSafe information
– Adoption of walkways on cradles
– Panels safety tethered to frame
• Industry safety advice brochure

31. Concrete Panel Transport/Loading Code
Partnerships
- developing tools to assist industry
 Advice to TSS managers
 Advice to industry released
 Within 1 month will visit sites under direction of
WorkSafe
 Enforcement of ‘on road’ activities by TSS
 TFMEU / TWU will refuse to transport or lift if non
compliant

32. Questions?