Profiling heavy vehicle speeding

Truck or heavy vehicle crashes feature regularly in print, online and television media. When a heavy vehicle is involved in a serious crash, particularly one involving loss of human life, this often triggers public debate about the road conditions at the location of the crash, the factors that may have contributed to the crash and how the government is addressing the issue. Recently, there have been a number of high profile stories involving speeding heavy vehicles (eg Cuneo 2012; Waters 2012) that have led to renewed public debate focused on the types of interventions necessary to effectively respond to truck drivers who regularly speed and heavy vehicle companies that tamper with heavy vehicle speed limiter equipment or encourage other practices that flout the law.