“Tell a Mate” Campaign to Support Truck Safety
TV Personality and star of Kenny, Shane Jacobson is spreading the truck safety message to raise awareness among road users. NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto teamed up with Jacobson to deliver the safety campaign, which encourages heavy vehicle drivers to go out and “Tell a mate” about heavy vehicle safety. The “Tell a mate” social media […]
New Tow Truck Legislation comes into Effect
New legislation has come into effect targeting rogue tow truck operators in Queensland. The legislation has been welcomed by Queensland’s main motoring body RACQ. The new law is aimed at stopping tow truck operators from strong arming drivers into paying high fees for private property towing from car parks. Tow truck drivers would only be […]
SARTA Confronts Toll and ALC on Safety
South Australian Road Transport Association (SARTA) through its director Steve Shearer have criticised a number of Toll and Australian Logistics Council (ALC) safety-related statements and submissions. The ALC’s recent pronouncements to the NSW Parliamentary “Staysafe” committee inquiry on truck technology, where compulsory telematics and operator licensing were advocated, prompted condemnation from the SARTA director. Mr […]
Industry Calls for Road Safety to Address Death Toll
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) said in its submission to the Australian Government’s Inquiry into the next National Road Safety Strategy that a zero death and serious injury approach (“Towards Zero”) is necessary. In the submission the ATA makes 19 recommendations including, Making the fitment of Electronic Stability Control mandatory on all new trucks and […]
NatRoad Says HVNL Not Fit
NatRoad recently gave evidence to a Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry examining changes to the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) saying that the law is poor and needs to be reviewed in its entirety. The inquiry is taking place in Queensland, as changes to the law are being passed in the state and then to the other […]
Driver Injured After Being Pinned Under Delivery Truck
Truck drivers have been reminded to take care when loading and unloading by an incident which happened in Tasmania recently. A truck driver was pinned under his vehicle when it rolled at a private property at Buckland. It is believed the man was delivering gravel at the time when the truck lost traction due to […]