Nationwide Blitz Reveals Drug Driving and Defected Vehicles
A nationwide blitz has resulted in dozens of truck drivers being pulled over nationwide and testing positive for drugs. Many other truckies were found to have defective vehicles. Random screenings and checks on 527 heavy vehicle drivers resulted in 15 testing positive for methylamphetamine and one of them also testing positive for THC (cannabis). There […]
Safety Truck Hits The Road
The Australian Trucking Association’s safety truck has hit the road to educate drivers about how to share the road with trucks, after revelations that many light motor vehicle drivers don’t realise what it’s like to drive a heavy vehicle and how dangerous driving around trucks can result in serious crashes. The association’s chief executive officer […]
Heavy Vehicle Dual Fuel Trialed
Duel-fuel technology for heavy vehicles has been trialed by Unigas, Prins Autogassystemen and CMV Truck & Bus. Over a 2 year period the trials returned positive results in both operational and environmental aspects. The positive results have led to the Heavy Vehicle Regulator, Unigas and partners looking for steps to develop an Australian compliance model […]
Understanding Chain of Responsibility Legislation
A post on BigRigs.com.au recently highlighted the importance of chain of responsibility legislation and the importance of understanding the heavy penalties coming into effect in mid-2018. One of the defining incidents which highlighted the need for harsher CoR legislation was the Mona Vale crash 4 years ago which claimed the life of 2 road-users and […]
Probe Launched after Teenager Killed by Truck
An earth moving company has been hit with more than a dozen defect notices after one of its trucks struck and killed a wheelchair bound teenage boy recently. The 16 year old boy was hit by a truck at the Hornsby intersection of Peats Ferry Road and Bridge Road on Tuesday. The tragic crash resulted […]
Speeding and Driving with Disqualified Licence – Truckies Arrested
A truck driver was caught allegedly driving while high on methamphetamine and tampering with the vehicle’s speed limiter at Tailem Bend along the Princes Highway. The Victorian man was stopped by police from the Heavy Vehicle Enforcement Section. The man was also not carrying and maintaining a work diary. Police drug tested the man who […]