The enforcement of chain of responsibility laws is vital to ensure the safety of our road users. Now a Toll NQX manager is saying that there is more to improving safety than just fitting black boxes and in-vehicle cameras to trucks and we should listen to him considering he was the latest recipient of a prestigious trucking safety award who has decades of experience in the industry. The Toll NQX manager, John King received the industry Excellence Award at the Queensland Trucking Associations awards night recently. King is the firm’s national linehaul manager and is responsible for reducing rollovers in his organisation and improving overall safety. King has over 40 years of experience within the industry. He has also been credited with the introduction of a reduced speed limit throughout the company of 95 km per hour. He was also responsible for the installation of GPS trackers and cameras within heavy vehicles in his company’s fleet. The following excerpt from a post on Fullyloaded.com.au explains more: John King, who is the firm’s national linehaul manager, took home the Industry Excellence Award at this year’s Queensland Trucking Association’s (QTA) awards night. King is credited with taking the lead in piloting BAB and ABB quad combinations within Toll NQX that led to a reduction in rollovers and an improvement in safety. He also implemented 95km/h speed limits throughout the company, introduced Toll NQX to the TruckSafe accreditation scheme and was responsible for installing GPS trackers and in-vehicle cameras in trucks. But he has emphasised that strong collaboration with management and staff on safety has been vital to improving safety and compliance. Source: https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/industry-news/1310/more-to-safety-than-black-boxes-king King isn’t afraid to share the glory though, he says that the improvements in safety weren’t his doing alone, as he explains truckies are the ones actually on the road and practicing safety so their role in reducing road incidents must be noted. The article on Fullyloaded.com.au goes on to explain: “While technologies such as black boxes and in-vehicle cameras have led to a reduction in incidents, drivers themselves play a large role in safety and we are continually promoting the sharing and adoption of best practice across Toll NQX,” he says. “Having people go to work and return home safely is of paramount importance to me and Toll NQX.” Source: https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/industry-news/1310/more-to-safety-than-black-boxes-king Truck safety and the installation of black boxes in particular has been a contentious issue following the recent horror crash involving the Cootes tanker which claimed 2 lives. The NSW state government is currently reviewing truck safety requirements as the article goes on to explain: Debate on black boxes in trucks has been in the headlines lately in the wake of the fatal Cootes Tanker transport crash near Sydney earlier this month. The New South Wales Government is looking at the feasibility of requiring all dangerous goods trucks to enrol in the Intelligent Access Program (IAP). The NSW Opposition wants the Government to require all trucks to fit monitoring devices. Source: https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/industry-news/1310/more-to-safety-than-black-boxes-king