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Near Miss Footage Raises Questions About Road Train Speed Limits, SARTA claims.

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Recent footage posted on Facebook of a truck driver overtaking a road-train near Port Augusta has set off a major debate about the 90km/h road train speed limits in the area. The dash cam footage shows the driver of the car being forced to drive on the shoulder of the road as the truck overtook […]

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Room for Improvement Following NHVR National Heavy Vehicle Health Check

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The results of the National Roadworthiness Baseline Survey – A Health Check of Australia’s Heavy Vehicle Condition, revealed a number of important things about the national heavy vehicle fleet. The inspection programs examined the mechanical condition of the heavy vehicle fleet, examining 7130 vehicles. As a result of the survey 147 vehicles were grounded. Darren

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NTC and AustRoads Release Guidelines for Automated Vehicle Trials

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Guidelines for trials of automated vehicles in Australia have been released jointly by the National Transport Commission (NTC) and Austroads. The national guidelines provide certainty to the industry on conditions for trials and provide national consistency. The guidelines are meant to be flexible, the NTC said and easy for the industry to use. In conducting

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NSW State Has No Power Suspend the Licences of Wrongly Accredited Truck Drivers

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It has come to light that the NSW road authority do not have the power to suspend the licences of wrongly accredited truck drivers. An incident that occurred on Sydney’s M5 freeway involving a visa holding truck driver who was unable to back a combination and had to be assisted by the Transport Management Centre’s

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Truck Driver Who Ploughed Through a Busy Intersection to be Sentenced

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The truck driver who ploughed through a Sydney intersection in 2014, sending 6 people to hospital has been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment and will only be eligible for parole in 2020. The man pleaded not guilty to the incident which left a Senior Police Constable, Amy Champion with life changing injuries, including a broken

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TCA Releases Onboard Mass System Specification

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Transport Certification Australia (TCA) released its OBM (on board mass) System Functional and Technical Specification yesterday and according to TCA CEO Chris Koniditsiotis, the key aim is to use OBM systems to support future road access and productivity. As transport operators continue to adopt OBM systems to manage their commercial obligations, mass compliance and CoR

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How The Overhaul of 457 Visas Affect The Transport Sector

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You’ve probably heard by now that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently announced changes to the 457 visa scheme in the hopes of preventing holders of the popular working visa from occupying jobs that could be done by Australians. You may be wondering what these changes mean to the trucking industry. Prime Minister Turnbull announced the

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Four Year Sentence for “Killer” Truck Driver

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The truck driver responsible for the June 2015 crash which claimed the life of teacher Maria Dowdell, has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and had his license suspended for 15 years. The judge labelled the truck driver as a”an accident waiting to happen”. The court described the driver’s history as appalling, demonstrating “flagrant disregard”

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