Collision Involving Car and Truck Closes Highway
A collision between a truck and car recently shut down the Lyell Highway in Tasmania, just outside of New Norfolk. The accident involving a log truck and car was blamed on inattention. According to reports, a white sedan traveling on the Lyell Highway towards Hobart crossed the path of a fully laden truck traveling in […]
Fatigue Management a Crucial Issue Addressed by The ATA
The ATA is showing it’s commitment to addressing the fatigue management issue in trucking by hosting a fatigue-focused program titled ‘FatigueHACK’ which will form part of its Trucking Australia conference in April. The ATA plans to attract software developers, designers, industry experts, researchers, regulators and truck drivers to the conference to create new technologies to […]
Self Driving Trucks – A Help or a Threat?
Will self-driving trucks be a threat or a help to the road freight industry? If you’ve been fearful of the introduction of self-driving trucks to the industry, you may want to read the article on TheAtlantic.com about research done by Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group. The research shows that self-driving trucks will result in more trucking […]
Truck Sends Car Spinning on the Road
Dash-cam footage of a truck clipping a car as it tried to overtake on a highway in Queensland has gone viral with drivers debating who really was at fault. The footage was posted to Facebook recently showing a car as it approached 2 trucks on Port of Brisbane Motorway. In the video one truck can […]
Truck Industry Council Says Younger Fleet Crucial to Safety
The Truck Industry Council (TIC) has renewed its call for a younger national truck fleet following the latest scrutiny of the nation’s truck safety. The group wants action taken to reduce the increasing average age of the truck fleet in Australia and their recent calls have been backed by Toll MD Michael Byrne. They have […]
Western Victorian Roads Not Truck Worthy
Farmers in Victoria are drawing attention to the sad state of Western Victorian roads which they say are accidents waiting to happen. While there’s no question of the need for trucks to be road worthy, farmers say roads also need to be truckworthy. Farmer Ross Johns, Victorian Farmers Federation grains president says the road conditions […]