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Industry Bodies Join Forces in Assessing HVNL Fatigue Related Issues

Industry bodies have joined forces to raise their concerns about what they deem a lack of clarity within the HVNL (Heavy Vehicle National Law). The National Road Transport Association (NatRoad), the Western Roads Federation and the Northern Territory Road Transport Association have submitted a joint submission to the NTC. These concerns were brought to the […]

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Young Drivers Learning About Truck Safety

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Following the revelation by experts that young drivers between 18 and 25 years old are 4 times more likely to be involved in serious or fatal crashes, safety campaigns that focus on young drivers and teaching them to drive safely around heavy vehicles are crucial. Given that the rise in population in cities and

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Yatala Truck Fire Causes Havoc on M1 Southbound

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Truck crashes are notorious for causing not only destruction but major traffic delays, like a truck that caught fire on the M1 at Yatala recently. The cab of the B-Double truck was fully alight when fire fighters were called to the scene on exit 41 and while they were able to quickly extinguish the blaze,

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Industry Applauds HVNL Changes

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Queensland has passed the first of 2 bills that will make way for changes to the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) in all the administrations where it applies, a move that has been welcomed by the road transport industry. The NT and WA are the only states that the changes will not apply to. The

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Truck Driver Involved in Pedestrian Fatality Denies Dangerous Driving

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Remember the crash on Stoney Creek Road at Bexley in January 2017 which claimed the life a mother of six? She was run over by a truck as she walked off a footpath and stood next to a parked 4 wheel drive vehicle. The truck driver involved is currently on trial and has denied driving

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Fatigued Driving: Police Release Statement About Resting Before Driving Following Rollover

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While we know that fatigued driving in the road transport industry is more complex than a driver not having enough sleep, the police have released a statement about the importance of resting before driving following a truck rollover on the Brisbane Valley Highway, Coominya. The incident happened in June and was attended to by officers

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Getting More Women Behind The Wheel of Trucks in Australia

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Women truck drivers are hoping to recruit more females into road transport with girl guide badges just one of the ways they are introducing young girls to trucks. With a shortage of drivers looming and the lure of equal pay, women in the transport industry are hoping more females will join. The chair of Transport

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Drug Affected Truckie Causes Mayhem on the Road

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According to police, they were called to Toorak Road, Camberwell around 3:30am after receiving reports of a felled power pole. When police arrived on the scene they discovered the toppled pole and several destroyed rubbish bins. A large, damaged truck was discovered down the road. The truck driver was tested at a local police station

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Truck Driver Causes Mayhem at Galston Gorge

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Galston Gorge is often in the news and always for the wrong reasons. Once again a truck has caused chaos at Galston Gorge crashing and spilling diesel everywhere. Despite being over-length, reportedly the truck didn’t get stuck but crashed into a bridge at the bottom of the gorge, damaging the bridge and rupturing the truck’s

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Truck Driver Protests in Brazil Bring Country to a Standstill

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The Brazilian president had to send in the army and federal police to clear the highways blockaded by striking truck drivers recently. The drivers were protesting over the soaring cost of fuel in the country. The country’s economy was brought to it’s knees and the protests prompted a state of emergency to be declared in

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The Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail to be Updated

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Bringing the Australian Code of the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail in line with new United Nations requirements, changes to the code come into effect on 1 July and as of 1 July 2019 they become compulsory. The updated version was approved by ministers in May and will reduce the burden associated

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