TMSystems mandated in EU for all Commercial Vehicles + Trucks + Buses + Cranes + Trailers

As of the 6th July 2022 the EU has mandated Tyre Monitoring Systems (TMSystems) for all Buses, Trucks, Trailers, Articulated Trucks, Trailers. And fortunately, LSM Technologies / Doran have been delivering the world's best fit - for - purpose heavy-duty mitigation technology for >20 years, that covers all of these vehicles with its world renowned LSM TyreGuard® TMSystems.

And so what does this mean for Australia Transport Industry?! 

TMSystems have been mandated for all passenger vehicles and was originally legislated by the USA TREAD Act as of 2008 which has been also been adopted/ mandated globally for all car manufacturers globally.

Over the years, the importance and acknowledgement of TMSystems as a critical safety mitigation control has grown to the extent that ALL passenger vehicles in every country have now mandated this technology to be fitted at manufacture.

According to the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturing Association, previous surveys have shown heavy-duty vehicles consistently drive between 40% and 65% of the distances they travel on under-inflated tyres, plus between 10% and 25% on tyres that are seriously under-inflated by more than 10%.

Subsequently, the TMSystems have been proven to provide life-saving benefits, enhanced safety (and cost - downs), as well as environmental (Co2) savings and now the EU mandate them on all Commercial vehicles as of the 6th July 2022.

As such, the more recently published "General Safety Regulation 2" ("GSR 2"), EU Regulation No. 2019/2144 - UN ECE Regulation No. 141 for fitment of TMSystems has been extended to all new types of M2, M3, N1, N2, N3, O3 and O4 category vehicles (ie. buses, coaches, pick-up trucks, vans, heavy trucks, primemovers, mobile cranes.........and all trailers).

The effective dates for fitment of TMSystems in as legislated are:

  • For new type approvals for Trailers (and Commercial Vehicles): July 6, 2022.
  • For new manufactured Commercial Vehicles (and Trailers): July 7, 2024.

Be assured, that like with passenger vehicles, the rest of the world will soon follow the EU mandate.

So how does the EU Regulation 141 affect our Australian Transport Industry?

Whilst Australia currently does not manufacture passenger vehicles any longer, then we have not implemented legislation to fit TMSystems. However, as all Australian passenger vehicles are imported, then all new passenger vehicles that come to Australia are already fitted with TMSystems. It is interesting to note that none of these imported passenger vehicles with TMSystems have the capability to add / monitor the tyres of a tow assert such as a Trailer, Caravan, Boat.   

Now, as many of our trucks, articulated trucks, buses / coaches and cranes are imported from the EU, then it will not be long before Australia will soon possibly see many of these vehicles being offered with factory fitted TMSystems.

As such, buyer beware - select your TMSystem technology locally and consider:

  • Australia, source / build their Trailers here in Australia. TMSystem installed on an OEM vehicle may not be compatible or available (for servicing / spare parts) to Tow Assets such as Trailer(s). 
  • It will be difficult for Trailer Builders to "match" / integrate different OEM TMSystems into TMSystems to be used on Multi- Tow Assets / Trailers- especially to provide seamless "drop and hook" and compatibility.    
  • Local technical support and critical spare parts supply, especially replacement Tyre Sensors, etc may not be readily available in Australia- consider Australia imports most technology (TMSystems are not made here) as well as Heavy Vehicles.
  • OEM fitted TMSystem will be integrated into the vehicle system. And so like Passenger vehicle TMSystems, the Truck with factory fitted TMSystem will need to be taken to a Dealer workshop for maintenance and replacement of Sensors. This will require additional service costs, delays and loss of productivity / road time.
  • If the owner can not complete TMSystem maintenance themselves, then as a safety mitigation control the vehicle should not be on- the- road without a fully functional TMSystems. 
  • TMSystems are not all the same and especially may not be "fit - for - purpose" (for Australian conditions) for Heavy (On and Off) Road vehicles- that is, will require high maintenance / component replacement.
  • Risk of a mixture of various types / different suppliers of TMSystems in an Operator's Fleet. Common spares and technical support for factory fit TMSystems coming from EU, USA, China, Japan, Korea, etc will be ALL different.  
  • We have Australian manufacturers of some Heavy / Commercial vehicles as well as many Body Builders. Can they meet "standardisation" and source a TMSystem to be Fleet compatible and fitted to another model / make of imported Vehicle in the same Fleet?

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  • TMSystems on vehicles from the EU / USA (or other country) will most likely not be able to support beyond 1 x Truck (or maybe + 1 x Trailer). In Australia TMSystems are required for multi -combinations of Tow Assets (Trailers / Dollies, etc). Our TyreGuard® MTR360 Multi- Tow Combination TMSystem can handle upto to 180 tyres Sensors and 9 Tow Assets..
  • Factory fitted TMSystems will be most likely utilise Internal Tyre Sensors, which can cause many expensive issues compared to the benefits of External Tyre Sensors.
  • OEM fitted TMSystem may not be compatible (or available) for Operators preferred Telematics systems to provide back to base reporting, alerts, etc. For example, LSM Technologies provides their own in- house developed and integrated FSM® Fleet Safety Manager (+Tracking) Telematics for customers but also allows integration of our TMSystems into other Telematics providers. 
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