To compliment the advocacy work that HVIA engages in through advisory groups, technical working groups and face to face interaction with regulators also aims to influence the policy development processes of Government agencies through developing policy positions on particular issues.
In some cases, this takes the form of formal submissions to discussion papers released by the Government agencies but also, where appropriate, HVIA seeks to provide leadership in developing a safer, more productive heavy vehicle fleet through releasing its own policy positions.
Examples of this work include the following policy positions and discussion papers
| 2 February 2017 | HVIA Submission on Increasing HV Volumetric Load Capacity w/out increasing Mass Limits | READ MORE |
| 16 January 2017 | HVIA Autonomous Vehicle Guidelines | READ MORE |
| 6 October 2016 | HVIA Submission on National Land Transport Framework | READ MORE |
| 30 September 2016 | HVIA Submission on PBS Marketplace | READ MORE |
| 29 Sept 2016 | HVIA Submission on the Victorian Engineering Scheme | READ MORE |
| 26 Sept 2016 | HVIA Submission on Volume Constrained Freight | READ MORE |
| 8 August 2016 | HVIA Policy Position: Performance Based Standards – Safety Technology | READ MORE |
| 4 July 2016 | HVIA Submission on the Discussion Paper on Regulatory Options for Automated Vehicles |