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Transport service licence (TSL) labels

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Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Heavy vehicle operators

Information for displaying transport service licence (TSL) labels.

Performance based standards (PBS)

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Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Guidance for specialists | Audiences: Advice and assistance, Certifiers, General, Heavy vehicle operators, Vehicle inspectors & inspecting organisations

Performance based standards (PBS) help determine whether non-standard heavy vehicles designs or combinations meet the safety performance requirements equivalent to standard vehicles.

Vehicle dimensions and mass permitting manual – Volume 2

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Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Vehicle inspection & certification , Guidance for specialists , Manuals | Audience: Heavy vehicle operators

Volume 2 of the Vehicle dimension and mass permitting manual (the VDAM manual) describes how Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency processes and issues overweight, overdimension, HPMV and specialist vehicle permits.

Analysis of fatigue levels in New Zealand taxi and local-route drivers

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Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Taxi drivers & operators

This report documents the data and findings gathered from an initial sample of local-route truck drivers and taxi drivers in the Auckland, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty regions.

Heavy vehicle stability guide

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Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Heavy vehicle operators

This guide provides information on heavy vehicle stability issues and suggests techniques for minimising the risks of rollover and loss-of-control crashes, therefore improving current crash trends.

Chain of responsibility and New Zealand road transport

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Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Guidance for specialists | Audience: General

Info card providing advice chain of responsibility, how it recognises that all the people who influence drivers’ behaviour and compliance should, and must, be held accountable.

Category 3 and 4 overdimension vehicles and loads

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Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Guidance for specialists | Audiences: Heavy vehicle operators, Motorists

The Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Dimensions and Mass 2002, effective from July 2002, makes a few changes to the requirements for transporting overdimension vehicles and loads.

Agricultural vehicles guide

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Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Heavy vehicle operators

A guide for agricultural vehicles and their safe and legal use on New Zealand roads.