NOISE CAMERA SYSTEM IN VICTORIA
A new noise camera system will be used to monitor heavy vehicles as part of a Victorian Government commitment to reduce excessive truck noise on Victorian roads. New noise cameras will be used for road surveillance and enforcement starting this month.
The new noise cameras will allow Vic Roads to enforce the heavy vehicle national noise emission standards. If a truck is over the permitted on-road noise level standards, the vehicle owner will receive a notice of noncompliance.
The truck would then need to be presented to an approved EPA Victoria noise testing station to ensure compliance. Failure to do so will result in suspension of the vehicle’s registration.
Some of the areas being initially targeted by Vic Roads include Geelong Ring Road, near Waurn Ponds, Frankston, Yarraville, Buninyong and Southbank.


TRUCK RESTRICTIONS ON VICTORIAN FREEWAYS
The daily media reported on or about the 3rd March that trucks will be banned from the right hand lanes of major Victorian Freeways in a bid to improve road safety.
The Victorian Government has announced the bans will start mid-year on a 38km stretch of the Princes Freeway, with more arterial roads to follow.
The bans apply to all heavy vehicles weighing 4.5 tonnes and over, except buses, and will be enforced by Vic Roads and Victoria Police.
Drivers who flout the rules risk $350 fines.
The Princes Freeway bans will apply between the Ring Road and the Beach Road interchange at Lara, in Melbourne’s west.
They will eventually be rolled out on the West Gate Freeway, Ring Road, the Eastern Freeway and East Link.
The Government is also considering bans on the M1 corridor, in Melbourne’s south-east and City Link.
A recent survey by Victoria’s peak motoring body, the RACV, found 83 per cent of motorists believed trucks should be banned from using the right-hand lane on triple lane freeways.

Operators travelling through Victoria make sure your drivers are aware of b oth of these issues.