VSB6 is the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) prescribed primary standard for Approved Vehicle Examiners (AVE’s) to approve modifications to heavy vehicles.

VSB6 takes precedence unless the Original Equipment Manufacturer provides adequate instruction for the required modification.

DieselNews.com.au recently published a useful overview of VSB6 and reported on the Australian Road Transport Suppliers Association (ARTSA) efforts to get industry input into proposed changes.  

According to ARTSA Chairman Peter Hart, “We have a National Code of Practice and the National Heavy Vehicle Law gives the NHVR power to recognise those practices. This isn’t the only one we are going to have. This is a mechanism by which industry can influence outcomes, by developing sensible codes of practice, which are picked up.

"In the vehicle modifications’ domain, we have got so many opportunities to improve things, but a lot of the industry doesn’t recognise obligations and codes. We have a task to contribute to the code, but also to make it known to industry, the modifiers and manufacturers there are obligations, and it is, by the way, a good idea to get an accredited person involved from the start.”

For more, visit DieselNews.com.au.