1. The French National Projet : Using WIM for direct enforcement of overloading
Victor Dolcemascolo – DGITM* Bernard Jacob - IFSTTAR**
* General Directorate for Infrastructure, Transport and the Sea
** French Institute for Sciences and Technology for Transports, Development and Networks

2. Presentation plan Introduction : Static enforcement of overloading
Description of the WIM project
Organization – Technicals means
Budget
Participation of the vendors

3. Static enforcement of overloading : Situation in France
Yearly static controls

4. Static enforcement of overloading : Drawbacks and advantages
Need human resources (weighing officers, policemen...)
Need a static weighing area
Need static scales (risk of vandalism...)
Capacity to control only a small percentage of the truck traffic flow
Increase of the truck traffic flow and the average level of truck overloading
→ not efficient
→ but static weighing or low speed WIM are the ONLY devices legally approved for weight enforcement (by OIML recommandation)

5. Description of the WIM Project
4 years project :
IFSTTAR/ CETE Est and Ouest
Objective: Implementation of HS-WIM for direct enforcement of overloading
2 phases :
Phase 1 ( ): feasibility study for OIML type approval of an HS-WIM system
Phase 2 ( ): construction and test of a prototype

6. Organization WP3 : MS-WIM WP4: Bridge WIM
WP2 : Interaction sensor/pavement
WP1: Feasibility of OIML type approval
Transv WP : On site test
WP5 : Expert study

7. Technical mean: Accelerated Pavement Testing Facility

8. Budget First phase (2013-14): 777 k€ Second phase (2015-16): 728 k€
Consumables, etc.: 177 k€
Staff: 600 k€ (50 MM)
Second phase ( ): 728 k€
Consumables, etc.: 150 k€
Staff: 578 k€ (48 MM)

9. Participation of Vendors
Welcome in this project
to take part in the experimentations
to contribute to and benefit of the R&D effort
to develop market solutions and products
IFSTTAR will issue a document describing the conditions of participation to this project (participation contract) + organise meetings
Contact persons:

10. Thank you