Road safety is a key concern of the NSW Government and the road transport industry.
Speed is a major factor in road accidents.
The aim of the scheme is to place greater responsibility on operators to manage their vehicles and drivers to prevent their heavy vehicles exceeding posted speed limits. Regulation 1998, places an obligation on heavy vehicle operators to use or manage their vehicles so as to effectively prevent repeated violations of traffic law. It does not matter on what part of the road network the heavy vehicle was travelling at the time of the speeding incident. All other posted speed limits still apply.