Question 12530 — road transport

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Ms. Manon Bouquin draws the attention of the Minister of Transport to the conditions for developing the transport of goods using vehicles weighing less than 3.5 tonnes. For several years, this segment of road transport has experienced rapid growth, driven in particular by online commerce, the subcontracting of flows previously carried out by heavy goods vehicles and last mile delivery. This evolution, if it responds to real economic needs, however, seems to operate in an insufficiently controlled framework, weakening the economic balance of the transport sector. Many players in the sector report practices contrary to the rules in force: loadings exceeding the capacities of vehicles, lack of qualification of drivers, chain subcontracting, vehicles in poor condition. These deviations raise major questions both in matters of road safety as well as competition between companies respecting the regulations and those which circumvent them. The use of vehicles weighing less than 3.5 tonnes allows certain clients to escape the constraints specific to heavy goods vehicles. This questions the social and financial responsibility of actors upstream of the logistics chain. Furthermore, road control systems are focused on weights heavy, leaving light utility vehicles in a blind spot, despite recognized accident history and regular reports of overloading. Finally, the differences in regulatory treatment between vehicle categories call into question compliance with the principles of equality before the law, user safety and fair competition. In this context, she would like to know if the Government plans to change the framework regulations applicable to goods transport vehicles weighing less than 3.5 tonnes, particularly in terms of road safety, driver training and activity control. She also questions him about the possibility of strengthening controls and harmonizing obligations between different types of vehicles. Finally, she wishes to know whether the deployment of overload detection devices in circulation, accompanied by truly dissuasive sanctions, is among the avenues studied by the Government.

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