Analyzing Cost and Benefit of Roadside Inspection for Heavy Trucks Using Intervention Model

• Main Authors: Liu, Yu-Wei, 劉雨薇
• Other Authors: Wong, Ka-Io
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xt72n8

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 運輸與物流管理學系 === 105 === The trucking industry is important to Taiwan’s economic development. The operations and management of the industry is closely intertwined with the nation’s development. In recent years, with the increasing concerns on the supply chain and logistics area, the trucking industry has transformed from traditional delivery of goods to specialized problem-solving, diversified, digitized, and knowledge-driven logistics operations. Comparatively, as the industry transforms, government regulation inadequacies are becoming more evident, and even acting as obstruction to development. Faced with such regulation system and increasing freight transportation demand, problems concerning traffic safety related to trucks are gradually revealed. Accidents are closely related to the conditions of drivers and vehicles, safety management problems are important items that the government and business owners must address amidst promoting industry development. This study investigates the efficiency of safety management strategies in the trucking industry. The safety management policies and regulations in Taiwan, United States, and Japan will be reviewed and compared. An intervention model is then proposed to analyze the benefit and cost of roadside inspections for freight trucks in Taiwan. Roadside inspection data is acquired through inspections conducted by the police and motor vehicle agency personnel. We further estimate the freight truck accident aversion counts and costs associated with their economic benefits; which are then used to calculate fiscal loss savings connected to accident aversion counts. By examining two types of violations, namely, unsafe loading practices and driving under the influence of alcohol, it is found that potential benefits of reducing accidents as result of roadside inspections on freight trucks is estimated to be $20,812,366 TWD, and the cost of the government implementing the inspections is estimated to be $7,049,640 TWD. As a result, the ratio of benefit to cost is 2.95, showing that the current roadside inspection program is cost effective in improving safety.