Recommendations to Curb Overloading of Vehicles in India Ashok Leyland, Limited

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Sivasubrahmaniyan, Sivasubrahmaniyan, author.

Contributor:

V, Faustino

Conference Name:

8th SAEINDIA International Mobility Conference & Exposition and Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress 2013 (SIMCOMVEC) (2013-12-04 : Chennai, India)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2013

Summary:

Overloading is not only a problem for larger goods vehicles, it is equally a problem for smaller vehicles, such as vans, cars and passenger carrying vehicles. Reports indicate that nearly 70% of all traffic on national highways comprise of cargo vehicles while 22% of cargo vehicles are involved in road accidents.Overloading increases the risk of traffic accidents and causes excessive wear and damage to roads, bridges, pavements et cetera This paper specifies in detail the existing Indian Legislation on Overloading, different methods of monitoring, Vehicle Overload Control in other countries and India recommendations to curb Overloading of vehicles

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Publisher Number:

2013-01-2766

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