Higher axle weight permitted for trucks
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I thought it was a good move that will make road haulage more competitive, bring down freight costs and benefit truck drivers, operators and users of road haulage. But why are there diverse opinions on this?
Conclusion: Govt wants to legalise the practice of overloading and in this way reduce the harassment of truckers. It hopes illegality should die on its own, but if it does not, states will then take strict action. This is because norms will be globally allied and there is no reason left for anyone to break the law. In my opinion, Govt would install weight sensors at tolls, etc and reduce the role of inspectors.
From the financial express article:
1. "Overloading is very rampant", meaning truckers were taking liberties with norms and the net impact of this notification would make this practice legal to a large extent.
2. "Most trucks in the country are running with lower capacities. Their engines are equipped to carry much more." This would mean norms could be "safely" extended to old trucks.
3. "Transport community will have lesser compliance burden at check-post and this will bring down transport cost." The irony is that the minister thinks "stricter action should be taken by states" for breaches in the norms but officials are more interested in taking bribes instead of reporting breaches. They probably scrutinise this norm quite severely but no one is wiser.
4. "We have increased the axle load for transport vehicles. The automobile technology and road construction quality have improved considerably." Clearly, govt has confidence that Indian roads can withstand the extra stress of heavier axle weight. But overloading is commonplace so extra wear would not amount to much.
5. "It enables 16 tonnes rated truck to carry 19 tonnes, etc". All have been brought up to global standards. The tone suggests old trucks would be simply re-rated.
Article (link 1) gives a credible account of what is happening. It goes through some pros and cons: If the norms are applied to old trucks there would be an immediate gain in capacity. If norms are applied to new trucks, then new CV sales will stall until norms are notified; and old CV market would sink. This means all existing trucks owners would lose value. Undoubtedly CV manufacturers are impacted.
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http://autocarpro.in/news-national/increase-in-axle-load-norms-to-impact-cv-fleet%C2%A0utilisation%C2%A0and-sales,-says-crisil-40169
I thought it was a good move that will make road haulage more competitive, bring down freight costs and benefit truck drivers, operators and users of road haulage. But why are there diverse opinions on this?
Conclusion: Govt wants to legalise the practice of overloading and in this way reduce the harassment of truckers. It hopes illegality should die on its own, but if it does not, states will then take strict action. This is because norms will be globally allied and there is no reason left for anyone to break the law. In my opinion, Govt would install weight sensors at tolls, etc and reduce the role of inspectors.
From the financial express article:
1. "Overloading is very rampant", meaning truckers were taking liberties with norms and the net impact of this notification would make this practice legal to a large extent.
2. "Most trucks in the country are running with lower capacities. Their engines are equipped to carry much more." This would mean norms could be "safely" extended to old trucks.
3. "Transport community will have lesser compliance burden at check-post and this will bring down transport cost." The irony is that the minister thinks "stricter action should be taken by states" for breaches in the norms but officials are more interested in taking bribes instead of reporting breaches. They probably scrutinise this norm quite severely but no one is wiser.
4. "We have increased the axle load for transport vehicles. The automobile technology and road construction quality have improved considerably." Clearly, govt has confidence that Indian roads can withstand the extra stress of heavier axle weight. But overloading is commonplace so extra wear would not amount to much.
5. "It enables 16 tonnes rated truck to carry 19 tonnes, etc". All have been brought up to global standards. The tone suggests old trucks would be simply re-rated.
Article (link 1) gives a credible account of what is happening. It goes through some pros and cons: If the norms are applied to old trucks there would be an immediate gain in capacity. If norms are applied to new trucks, then new CV sales will stall until norms are notified; and old CV market would sink. This means all existing trucks owners would lose value. Undoubtedly CV manufacturers are impacted.
1.
http://autocarpro.in/news-national/increase-in-axle-load-norms-to-impact-cv-fleet%C2%A0utilisation%C2%A0and-sales,-says-crisil-40169
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