Amazing Truck Driving Skills
If you thought you had skills, let’s see if you can compare with these skilled semi truck drivers? Let’s watch these heavy vehicle drivers get out of and through some tight spaces,
Sleep Deprivation as Bad as Alcohol
While we’re already aware of the risks of fatigue driving, a new study drives home the point that sleep deprivation negatively affects brain function. In fact sleep deprivation affects brain cell communication similarly to the way alcohol does. You wouldn’t drive drunk, so why drive tired? According to a study by researchers at the University […]
Industry Pleased with Australian Taxation Office (ATO’s) Decision To Reverse Take On Drivers’ Meal Expenses
The Australian Taxation Office has decided to reverse its take on drivers’ meal expenses, a move that has been welcomed by the trucking industry and the Transport Workers Union. It is believed around 38,000 truck drivers will benefit from the changes. The industry has called on the federal government to intervene to ensure the “unacceptable” […]
SafeWork NSW Issues Emergency Self Rescue Respirator Warning
SafeWork NSW has issued a notice warning of the potentially life threatening risk of using an unsafe emergency escape breathing device in the event of an emergency. Users have been warned to remove the HFZY30 EEBD self-rescue respirator from their road transport vehicles and workplaces, following testing which revealed the device was lacking in several […]
Truck Driver from Sydney on the Run
Police in Sydney are desperately searching for a heavy vehicle driver who fled the scene of a chain reaction accident recently. The crash occurred at West Ryde in the Sydney’s north where the truck brought down a power pole before crashing through the fence of a house and coming to rest in the yard of […]
Truck Fatally Crashes into Pedestrian in Melbourne
A truck has struck and killed a pedestrian in Melbourne’s CBD. It is believed the pedestrian, a man in his 50s or 60s, was crossing a street when he was hit by the truck. He died on the scene. The section of the road, Queens street between Lonsdale and Little Bourke street was closed for […]