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Company Defends Autonomous Trucks After Crash

Fortescue Metals Group has defended its autonomous trucks after one of the vehicles was involved in a crash on the Pilbara at the Christmas Creek mine. The autonomous truck reversed into a stationary truck. There were no injuries. The company confirmed a full investigation would be conducted but that the collision was not a failure […]

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Blitz Targets Defective Truck and Dog Combinations

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A compliance operation between NSW Police and Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) targeting truck and dog combinations was conducted on February 1st. A number of issues were identified with 1 driver being caught for breaches and a number of vehicles identified with breaches. The operation was conducted within the Penrith areas and a substantial number

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Truck Driver Killed after Collision with Stolen Car

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Another tragic crash involving a heavy vehicle has taken place, this time involving a Woolworths delivery truck and a stolen car. The 25 year old delivery driver was killed in the Adelaide crash at Salisbury south after a stolen car allegedly crashed into him. The young truck driver had recently completed an accounting degree and

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Truckie Three Times Over the Limit in the Middle of the Day

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Police recently warned that drivers are selfishly putting their own lives and the lives of others at risk by flouting drink driving laws, after they caught a truck driver nearly 4 times over the legal limit driving in the middle of the day. They say the 44 year old man’s truck was impounded and he

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WorkSafe Queensland Issues Fine for Truck Driver Death

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A timber company in Townsville has been charged $210,000 after an incident involving a truck driver in 2016. WorkSafe Queensland revealed that the transport driver was delivering goods to the company when the accident occurred that claimed his life. Another worker in a company-owned forklift was unloading from one side of the truck while the

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Truck Rollover Prompts Blitz on Sydney Transport Company

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A truck rollover involving a concrete truck has led to a major compliance operation at a transport company in Sydney’s Rosehill suburb. The incident happened on Thursday 3 January 2019 when a fully loaded concrete truck was traveling north along Rooty Hill Road North. The vehicle rolled while it was trying to negotiate a right

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NSW First Heavy Vehicle Blitz

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The NSW Police traffic taskforce has undertaken its first major heavy vehicle compliance blitz for the year as part of Operation Impact. The operation was conducted between January 14 and January 18 in the Armidale Police Area Command (Western region). Inspectors checked 90 heavy vehicles and conducted 15 engine control module downloads, all of them

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Report Warns of Risk of Slow Vehicle Tech Adoption in Australia

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Australia is well placed to capitalise on transport’s ‘technology revolution’ but risks a decline in living standards should it fail to keep up with advancements, a report released today by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering says. Shifting Gears – Preparing for a Transport Revolution concludes Australia is well positioned to be a leader in a global

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Local MP Calls for Truck Ban on Sydney Botany Road to Curb Peak Crashes

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A Sydney local MP says large trucks should be barred from traveling along Sydney’s Botany Road during peak pedestrian times due it being a densely populated area of Green Square. Some say large trucks in the area are a risk to the pedestrians that flood the areas during peak times and should the measure be

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Semi-Trailer Truck Crash Ignites Into Flames

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Video courtesy of Time.com.

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Celebrity Says Driving Sydney Roads like Surviving the Jungle

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If you drive for a living on Sydney’s roads then you deserve some credit, as it has some of the most hectic traffic and crazy driving. Even British TV personality and former Super League player Kris Smith, well acquainted with the competitive environment, compared driving on Sydney roads to surviving the jungle. Smith is an

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Interstate Trucks with Damaged/Incorrectly Displayed Number-plates Considered Unregistered in NSW

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The Queensland Trucking Association (QTA) issued a statement late last year after a member raised concern, revealing that in New South Wales, a truck driver can be fined $1392 plus 4 demerit points for incorrectly displayed number plates. The QTA took issue with the change in enforcement strategy and how the penalty was decided, given

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