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Performance-based Specification for Electronic Work Diary and Heavy Vehicle Speed Monitoring
  • Publication no: AP-R386-11
  • ISBN: 978-1-921709-88-3
  • Published: 19 July 2011

This report presents the performance-based specification for an electronic work diary and heavy vehicle speed monitoring as directed by the Australian Transport Council (ATC) at its November 2008 meeting. The ATC directed the immediate development of an Australian performance-based specification for electronic heavy vehicle speed and driver fatigue systems, enhancing the use of in-vehicle telematics and adding value to the Intelligent Access Program (IAP). Through the direction of the ATC, Austroads requested that Transport Certification Australia (TCA) undertake a study to develop a draft performance-based specification for the fatigue management (essentially the electronic work diary) and monitoring of heavy vehicle speed

  • SUMMARY
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
    • 1.1. Background
      • 1.1.1. Regulatory context
      • 1.1.2. Transport and telematics industry context
    • 1.2. Scope of specification
    • 1.3. Approach
    • 1.4. The specification
    • 1.5. Layout of report
  • 2. CURRENT UTILISATION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
    • 2.1. Transport industry use of electronic systems
    • 2.2. Telematics industry provision of electronic systems
  • 3. PHILOSOPHY OF THE SPECIFICATION
  • 4. SPECIFICATION FOR THE ELECTRONIC WORK DIARY
    • 4.1. EWD architecture and stakeholders
      • 4.1.1. Driver Recording Device (DRD)
      • 4.1.2. In-Vehicle Unit (IVU)
      • 4.1.3. Printer
      • 4.1.4. Driver
      • 4.1.5. Operator
      • 4.1.6. Authority
      • 4.1.7. Enforcement officer
      • 4.1.8. Driver Recording Device (DRD) issuer
      • 4.1.9. Record keeper
      • 4.1.10. EWD Provider
      • 4.1.11. System Manager
    • 4.2. EWD operation
      • 4.2.1. An EWD is approved, it incorporates an IVU and the ability to insert a DRD
      • 4.2.2. An IVU is installed in the heavy vehicle
      • 4.2.3. The driver identification and authentication method for the IVU
      • 4.2.4. The driver applies for and is issued with a Driver Recording Device (DRD)
      • 4.2.5. The driver keeps the DRD
      • 4.2.6. EWD records
      • 4.2.7. The driver is aided by the EWD which creates electronic records of work and rest (declared by driver)
      • 4.2.8. Two-up driver situation (corroboration declared by second driver)
      • 4.2.9. Monitoring of IVU
      • 4.2.10. The driver’s records are available to the Authority and enforcement officer
      • 4.2.11. The records are available to the driver and the record keeper
    • 4.3. EWD information recorded
  • 5. EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN WWD AND EWD
    • 5.1. Technical equivalence
    • 5.2. Operational equivalence
      • 5.2.1. General
      • 5.2.2. Business process
      • 5.2.3. Features
    • 5.3. Stakeholder equivalence
      • 5.3.1. WWD environment
      • 5.3.2. Specified EWD environment
    • 5.4. Overall equivalence
  • 6. SPECIFICATION FOR HEAVY VEHICLE SPEED MONITORING
    • 6.1. Speed monitoring architecture and stakeholders
    • 6.2. Speed monitoring operation
      • 6.2.1. Speed monitoring system is approved
      • 6.2.2. Speed monitoring system is installed in the heavy vehicle
    • 6.3. Driver identification and authentication
      • 6.3.1. Speed monitoring system electronic records
      • 6.3.2. Speed monitoring system automatically generates Speed records
      • 6.3.3. The electronic records are available to the operator
      • 6.3.4. Monitoring of IVU
    • 6.4. Speed monitoring information recorded
  • 7. UNRESOLVED ISSUES
    • 7.1. Stakeholder issues
    • 7.2. Technical issues
      • 7.2.1. Interoperability
      • 7.2.2. Multiple application environment
      • 7.2.3. Printer
      • 7.2.4. Accurate and reliable recording of location and date/time
      • 7.2.5. Automatic capture and populate records
      • 7.2.6. Location records
      • 7.2.7. IVU is tethered to vehicle
      • 7.2.8. Tamper monitoring
      • 7.2.9. Time recording resolution
    • 7.3. Possible future extended regulatory uses
  • REFERENCES
  • APPENDIX A – SPECIFIED EWD
  • APPENDIX B – NTC POSITION ON THE EWD
  • APPENDIX C – NTC POSITION ON HEAVY VEHICLE SPEED MONITORING
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