Main Roads Western Australia's 25 transport inspectors are now carrying real-time heavy vehicle analytics on site using the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator's (NHVR) Regulatory Compliance Mobility Solution (RCMS) app.
The RCMS WA app will enable Main Roads WA to target high risk offenders, access a central database with driver and vehicle information, and administer digital notices during a heavy vehicle intercept.
WA Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said the RCMS WA app will deliver improved road safety across the state.
"We know the majority of the heavy vehicle industry are safe and compliant and it's only a small cohort of high-risk operators and drivers that put themselves and the community at risk," Minister Saffioti said.
"By leveraging heavy vehicle compliance and enforcement data, Main Roads WA can target recidivist offenders, to keep road users safe and prevent damage to the state's infrastructure."
Main Roads Western Australia Chief Operating Officer, Des Snook said the RCMS will transform their approach to roadside inspections, with the end-to-end technology removing the need for paper-based forms.
"We expect a 60% reduction in the time spent per heavy vehicle intercept," he said.
"This targeted enforcement approach rewards safe operators with quick roadside intercepts, as our transport inspectors prioritise unsafe drivers, operators and vehicles.
"We can now collaborate with the NHVR in real time and be alerted to unsafe, high-risk operators travelling between WA and the eastern states, and vice versa."
NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto OAM said the RCMS app provides a single central system to store and analyse compliance and enforcement data in real time.
"Camera sightings from over 115 fixed cameras across Australia alerts RCMS users if an approaching heavy vehicle is unregistered, has current defect notices, compliance breaches or recently failed to enter an inspection station," Mr Petroccitto said.
"The NHVR and Main Roads WA are addressing key safety risks quickly and accurately, to deliver an efficient and borderless regulatory approach."
The NHVR implemented the RCMS app in Victoria in October 2020 and expanded to the ACT, South Australia, and Tasmania in June 2021, and NSW in August 2022. The app has also now been implemented in Queensland following the transition of heavy vehicle regulatory services to the NHVR in April 2024.
For more details, visit www.nhvr.gov.au/rcms
