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When are pilot and escort vehicles required?
A pilot or escort is required only when the applicable notice, permit or jurisdictional condition requires it for the vehicle’s dimensions, route, travel time or other circumstances.
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What is a terminal access charge?
A Terminal Access Charge is a fixed landside charge imposed by a container stevedore for a truck or rail operator’s access to terminal services; it is separate from the Vehicle Booking System…
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What is Performance Based Standards?
Performance Based Standards is an approval system in which an innovative heavy-vehicle design must obtain design approval, be built and certified for vehicle approval, and then obtain lawful road access through a…
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What are Higher Mass Limits?
Higher Mass Limits allow eligible vehicles with road-friendly suspension and the required mass accreditation to carry higher axle-group masses on an approved HML route or area.
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What is general access for a heavy vehicle?
A general-access heavy vehicle may use the road network available to general-access vehicles without an individual access permit or notice, provided the vehicle and combination comply with all prescribed mass and dimension…