A study conducted in Stockholm over a period of 2 years, has found that its more economical, environmentally and socially friendly to make truck deliveries at night. Due to the concerns of noise disturbance, night time deliveries have been frowned upon and even banned in some places but according to the study which was conducted […]
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The National Transport Commission (NTC) says the 2011 regulatory reform effort that created the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) will not be complete for 18 months, but everything else on the agenda has been accomplished. The above revelation is one of the headline findings of the NTC’s annual National Transport Reform Implementation Report to the
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A recent article on Ownerdriver.com.au discussed a survey conducted on behalf of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator which revealed that many operators still do not have adequate chain of responsibility training for their managers, more than twenty years since it was implemented in 1994. In fact 1 in 5 trucking operators and customers out of
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Industry veterans are hopeful that new national Chain of Responsibility laws will put an end to drivers having to wait unnecessarily long hours for paperwork to be signed off after off-loading. At the recent ATA Technical and Maintenance Conference held in Melbourne, the frustrating and dangerous practice was discussed with the behaviour of some customers
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A record high $1million fine has been imposed on transport giant Toll Group following the 2014 death of a stevedore employed by the company. The group’s MD expressed contrition and his company accepted responsibility in the death of the worker in May 2014 while he was assisting in the loading of a ship. A WorkSafe
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The Victorian truck driver who was behind the wheel of a truck that veered onto the wrong side of the road has pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing death by dangerous driving. The prosecution alleges the man was distracted by his new girlfriend at the time. The driver says he had a coughing
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Directors should never underestimate their role in the chain of responsibility or they too could face the same fate as an Adelaide trucking company boss who is in jail over manslaughter charges relating to the death of one of the drivers in his employ. The director was jailed for a minimum of seven and a
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A truck driver from Maddington, Western Australia is facing court after police witnessed him veering his truck onto the wrong side of a rural highway. The police were alerted of a truck driving erratically on the Eyre Highway and when highway patrols tracked the road train down, it swerved over the central lane several times.
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Senator Glenn Sterle is concerned about the state of truck driver licensing and has promised to keep tackling the issue in the new year as he chairs the Senate inquiry. He explained that highlighting the problem was important, with some of the issues being criminal. He said some private companies running this should be put
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