The General Assembly,
Understanding that GAR #83 has created regulations over the safety of commercial vehicles and infrastructure for such vehicles, yet saddened it fails to legislate over driver safety and work regulations;
Noting that commercial traffic makes up significant portions of all traffic in WA nations and that without regulations over the amount of time a driver can work that they are a risk to themselves as well as others on the road;
Declaring that every member nation is created differently and regulations will be adjusted accordingly to ensure all nations are treated equally and that commercial vehicle drivers are protected;
Ensuring that each member nation will have commercial traffic regulations that conform to the technological capabilities of a member nation; and
Appreciating that commercial traffic is a major part of every member nation and due to the increased nature of difficulty in operating a commercial vehicle hereby enacts as follows;
I. The ITSC (International Traffic Safety Committee) will oversee working regulations for Commercial Vehicle Operators;
1. This will include rules over working hour limits, mandatory breaks, and weight restrictions on loads to lower the likelihood of accidents and injuries;
2. This will be enforced through logging devices provided to all commercial vehicles with training on usage provided by the WA;
II. The ITSC will create the rulesets for member nations to follow for working hours;
1. These rulesets will vary from nation to nation depending on different factors such as but not limited to speed limits and geography as these factors can affect the fatigue a commercial vehicle operator will endure;
2. These rulesets will be regulated to make sure that all member nations will be able to pay operators equivalent to their time worked despite size and geographic differences;
3. These rulesets will have the working hour limits included in them and will be available in the logging devices provided to member nations;
III. WA member nations must include weight restrictions as well as height limits for bridges, roads and tunnels as well as dedicated truck routes;
1. Weight restrictions will be enforced strictly by the use of weight stations and weight tables to ensure that the Commercial vehicle is under the maximum weight limit combined (Operator(s), fuel, load, etc.) that is defined by the original manufacturer ;
2. Weight restrictions will be enforced through signage on bridges as well as through police enforcement. The weight will be determined by the maximum safe weight a bridge is capable of holding;
3. Height limits will be enforced through signage under all bridges and tunnels dedicated for motor vehicles;
4. Member nations must enact standardized signage as described in (III.1-3).
Definitions to be used throughout this proposal include;
Commercial Vehicles are any vehicle used for the trade of commercial goods. Roadways are left to be defined by the member nations; and
Operators is any person that is trained by the ITSC to drive a commercial vehicle.
