Following an increase in heavy vehicle accidents and fatalities in NSW the RTA has introduced new ways to tackle the issue of speeding heavy vehicles. The reforms aim to make NSW roads safer for everyone by improving the behaviour of drivers and encouraging operators to take more responsibility for realistic schedules and vehicle speeds.
Slowing down saves lives and your life
Catching up with speeding heavy vehicles...
- Increased penalties for damaged, obscured or tampered number plates.
- Bi-directional speed cameras - vehicles can now be photographed from the front and back.
- Heavy Vehicle Rating System - all road offences will be centralised so that both repeat driver and operator offenders can be identified.
- The "Three Strikes" scheme will include all heavy vehicle speeding offences 15km or more over the speed limit. Strikes will be issued against vehicle registration. Operators who collect 3 Strikes in a three-year period will have their vehicle's registration suspended for up to 3 months.
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