Man Killed While Unloading at Chinchilla Transport Yard
Police attended the scene of a workplace accident in Chinchilla yesterday morning which ended in tragedy, revealing that a man, in his mid thirties lost his life at the transport yard on Cooper Street. Police said the victim was working to unload a large pipe by forklift when it fell and hit him, he died […]
Report From Volvo Trucks Highlights the Importance of Education for All Road-users Not Just Trucks
While heavy vehicles are involved in a disproportionately high number of crashes, these crashes aren’t always caused by the heavy vehicle, which is why Volvo Trucks says more education needs to be provided for other unprotected road-users, particularly pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists. According to a Volvo Trucks report released in May this year, there […]
Calls for Autonomous Braking Technology for Trucks to Prevent Terror Attacks
The Australasian College of Road Safety has called on the government to mandate autonomous braking technology on all new vehicles including trucks, to reduce the road death toll and prevent terror attacks using trucks like we’ve seen in Nice and Berlin. In December last year a truck hit into a Berlin Christmas market and […]
The Man Taking Truck Safety to Young Drivers
The Australian Trucking Association’s (ATA) Safety Truck has been driven by ex-policeman Glen Schmidtke for the past 7 years and has been educating people of all ages around the country on how to safely share the road with trucks. Mr Schmidtke started washing trucks at the age of 11 and then progressed to an apprentice […]
COR Changes and Compliance Issues Raised at CTAA Forum
A recent chain of responsibility (CoR) seminar was held at the Yarraville Club in Melbourne, attended by 150 representatives of the industry including freight forwarders, importers, exporters, transport operators etc. The seminar was the third of its kind, organised by the Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA), Freight and Trade Alliance (FTA), Australian Peak Shippers Association […]
SARTA Concerned About Speed Limits Following Near Miss Footage
SARTA, The South Australian Road Transport Association has called for a rethink of the speed limit in the Port Augusta region after footage emerged of a truck overtaking a road train in a 90km/h zone, forcing an oncoming car to drive in the shoulder of the road to avoid crashing head-on into the truck. The […]