Purposes
- To support:
- advances in Weigh-in-Motion technologies,
- standardisation of Weigh-in-Motion technologies,
- the more widespread use of Weigh-In-Motion,
- the applications of WIM data.
- To disseminate knowledge and understanding of WIM by:
- organising conferences, seminars, training courses and other events,
- supporting, collecting, distributing and advertising scientific and technical publications on WIM,
- facilitating exchanges of research staff and postgraduate students where this leads to a sharing of experience, results and data relating to WIM.
- To promote and support international research and development projects on WIM.
- To initiate, participate and/or monitor WIM standardisation activities by:
- developing standards relating to WIM and its applications,
- promoting and supporting common tests of WIM systems, developing harmonised procedures, and publishing scientific results useful for WIM users and manufacturers.
- To promote the use and application of WIM systems and data, currently mainly used for:
- infrastructure design and maintenance (e.g. bridges and pavements),
- detection and enforcement of overloaded vehicles,
- road transport pricing and surveys,
- road safety and environmental impacts.