Top Fleet Operator Concern – Fatigue
According to a new study, fleet managers are most worried about the safety of their drivers on the road. The survey conducted nationwide questioned 200 fleet operators about the challenges they anticipated for the coming year. More than a quarter of the respondents admitted that they didn’t feel their drivers were safe behind the wheel. […]
Truckies Test Positive in Drug Operation
Police embarked on Operation Rolling Thunder, the largest heavy vehicle compliance operation in Australia recently. During the operation more than 5000 heavy vehicles were stopped with more than 2000 defect notices issued. Police also found 26 drivers who tested positive for drugs. The operation involved RMS in NSW, NSW Police as well as the Victorian, […]
Truck Driver in Train Crash Was Going Through Closed Crossing
Following 2 fatal crashes in the period of 5 days, Amtrak through its president said the first crash involving one of its trains, was caused by a truck driver who hit into a train while attempting to drive around a cross block. The incident happened on January 31st when the train was carrying some Republican […]
How To Reduce Truck Fatalities
Summer has been a devastating time on the roads especially for the trucking industry with an alarming number of truck crashes taking place. Over the past decade we’ve experienced a drop in fatal crashes involving trucks but in the last few months there seems to have been a resurgence of truck crashes ending in fatalities […]
Trucking Industry Demands $12million To Address Road Death Toll
The truck industry through the Australian Trucking Association has called for the development of a National Road Safety Commission and a cash injection of more than $12 million from the government to improve road safety. The ATA acknowledged the problems resulting in truck crash deaths and the slow uptake of safer vehicles by the industry. […]
Proposal to Shock Drowsy Truck Drivers to Avoid Crashes
A NSW minister has be lambasted by the truck drivers union for suggesting that drivers should receive “electric shocks” to keep them up. The minister’s comments came a day after the crash involving a B-Double that slammed into a queue of stationary vehicles waiting at roadworks, killing 2 people. Melinda Pavey, Roads Minister said union […]