Everyone responsible needs to obey the law

Chain Of Responsibility (COR) means all parties in the road transport supply chain – consignor/dispatcher, packer, loader, scheduler, consignee/receiver, manager, as well as the driver and operator:

• are responsible for preventing a breach of road transport laws
• must take positive steps to prevent a breach of the road transport mass, dimension, loading and work hour’s laws.

This includes:

• actions e.g. speeding, overloading vehicle, etc
• inaction e.g. not restraining load properly, not taking rest breaks, not maintaining vehicles properly, not keeping records, etc
• demands e.g. encouraging a driver to speed, work excess hours, etc