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New Guidelines for Trucks and Trailers were introducd WEF 1 April 2017

Automobile Logistics had a new baby in the form of Car Carrier Association (CCA), head
quartered at Gurgaon. CCA worked jointly with IIT Professor Chawla based on the directives of
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Road tests and simulations were conducted to

understand all aspects of safety while keeping in my the economics of operations.

The final result submitted by the team which was approved by MORTH were

• Car Carrier to have two types of vehicles 18.75 mtr trailers

• Rigid body carrier will be restricted to 12 mtr and no loading above the cabin
• Two wheeler carrier also should maintain similarly in terms of length and no loading above the

cabin
• 100% mandatory rear view mirror was compulsory
• Carriers should have Rear View Mirror

• Width restricted to 2.8 mtr
• Height of the asset cannot be more than 4.75 mtr

All these needed to be addressed in a span of three months. The challenge was the market was
growing and it was the last quarter of the financial year 2016-17.

Kudos to LSP’s and their team who had done a remarkable work to ensure in implementing the

change and adhere to the new Safety Norms.