Overloading a vehicle can significantly impair the drivers ability to brake and steer correctly. This is a danger to the driver, passengers, other road users and pedestrians. As well as overloading heavy goods vehicles, it is also possible to overload smaller vehicles, such as vans, tippers and minibuses.
Trading Standards and the Police enforce the laws relating to overloaded vehicles. Road Traffic Acts apply because the following problems arise from overloading:
- Vehicles that are overloaded cause excessive wear and damage to roads, bridges, and pavements, etc.
- Serious overloading can affect your safety by making the vehicle less stable, difficult to steer and take longer to stop when braking.
- Overloading vehicles can cause excessive wear on suspension components and tyres, rendering the vehicles unstable.
- Overloaded vehicles are in unfair competition with other hauliers. In the long term, keeping within weight limits may keep you employed and your firm in business.
- Overloaded vehicles are illegal. - This may affect the insurance cover for the vehicle.
Our system provides an easy to use system for overload prevention. The systems unique feature is its accuracy across the weighing range. From empty to full, it will give you accurate information on the load state of your vehicle. The system works within a 3% tolerance across the weighing range.
The patented dual sensor design and special calibration system uses thousands of datum points across the vehicles load range, ensuring high levels of accuracy are provided for the operator.
OTHER BENEFITS INCLUDE:
Simplicity in Operation
It is simple to operate, with a ergonomically designed in cab display, which is removable for security. The display unit is easy to understand, with traffic light colour schemes giving you precise overload information in Green for safe, Amber for approaching full load, and Red for overload states. There is also a graduated scale showing you the percentage of load state in your vehicle.
The parking sensors allow you to manoeuvre your vehicle safely by giving you a soft tone bleep, which increases in intensity when the vehicle detects an object, and the flashing LED on the display shows which sensor is activated allowing you to see a potential collision area.
Calibration
Once fitted and set up, the system does not require calibration ever again. There is a simple test which can be performed on a regular basis by the operator to ensure calibration is maintained. This involves ensuring the vehicle is on level ground and keying in a small sequence within the
in cab display unit.
The “Golden” calibration, or set up calibration is provided by via the in cab display memory or can be downloaded and input via a USB interface connection. For fleet operators who operate large numbers of similar vehicles, special calibrations for vehicles with additional body fitments, such as racking kits, toolboxes and other permanent fixtures can all be accommodated by the special calibration set up.
