The regulatory craft

Risk-control problems

Pick important problems and fix them. A problem is a specific concentration of harm, defined tightly enough that a measure can move, with the least restrictive intervention tried first. The harm-scan agent nominates; the Executive adopts.

  1. NOMINATED 0
  2. DEFINED 1
  3. MEASURED 0
  4. SOLVING 0
  5. IMPLEMENTING 1
  6. MONITORING 0
  7. CLOSED 0

RC-02 · H-03 Overloaded and unrestrained loads

Quarry consignors driving mass breaches

DEFINED

Mass breaches cluster on loads from three quarry consignors who pay by the tonne delivered. Operators absorb the infringements as a cost of business.

Measure
WIM exceedances >5% GCM on loads from the three consignors, per month
Baseline → now
27 → …
Severity × tractability
4 × 3 = 12
  • 0InformChain-of-responsibility notices to the consignorsDONE
  • 4RestrictEnforceable undertaking with the largest consignorPROPOSED

Evidence: signals 33 · consignors 3 · operators 9 · Owner POLICY · Not yet adopted

RC-01 · H-01 Fatigue-related crashes

Overnight inland-corridor fatigue cluster

IMPLEMENTING

Serious fatigue crashes concentrate between 01:00 and 05:00 on the 380 km inland corridor, among linehaul operators running two-up schedules with no changeover point.

Measure
Fatigue-attributed serious crashes on the corridor, 01:00 to 05:00, rolling 12 months
Baseline → now
14 → 9
Severity × tractability
5 × 4 = 20
  • 0InformChangeover facility opened at km 190 with the road authorityDONE
  • 1AdviseAdvisories to the 22 operators using the corridor overnightDONE
  • 2DirectImprovement notices to the 4 operators with repeat exceedancesIN PROGRESS

Evidence: signals 61 · crashes 14 · operators 22 · Owner EXECUTIVE · Adopted by J. Marsh (Chief Executive)