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Western Australian Truck Drivers Have Licenses Suspended Amidst Assessment Debacle

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More than 300 Western Australian truck drivers had their licenses suspended following claims that licenses weren’t assessed properly. The WA Department of Transport and Corruption and Crime Commission launched an investigation which revealed “irregularities” in heavy vehicle practical driving assessment provider’s conduct. According to a spokesperson for the department, some people may have had a […]

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Trucks May be Forced onto West Gate Tunnel Tollway

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Heavy vehicles that are feeling the pinch of increased tolls, higher registration charges and already minuscule operating margins are opposing the forced removal of trucks from suburban rat runs in Yarraville and Footscray as of 2022. The move to force trucks off suburban streets in Yarraville and Footscray once the Western Distributor project is completed,

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Companies Should Consider CoR Liability Insurance, Lawyers Warn

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Lawyers at firm, Holding Redlich have recommended companies consider Chain of Responsibility (CoR) liability insurance against unintended breaches. Under the Chain of Responsibility, anyone involved in the supply chain whether consignor, consignee, dispatcher, packers, loaders, drivers etc. can be liable for breaches of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL). The attorneys believe companies should protect

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Chain of Responsibility Ignorance Still a Concern

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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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Trucking Vets Call for an End to Dangerous Paperwork

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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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New CoR Tools Launched by National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

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In an effort to educate everyone in the heavy vehicle supply chain of their role in heavy vehicle road safety, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has released its first series of educational podcasts and fact sheets. The material is aimed at highlighting that road safety goes beyond just truck drivers and involves everyone in the

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Technical Working Group To Help Deliver NHVR Road Safety Strategies

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The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator will have some help overseeing the technical side of its safety initiatives, according to CEO Sal Petroccitto. The NHVR said it would be setting up a technical working group which would help the regulator provide technical guidance to the industry. Sal Petroccitto announced the initiative at the Heavy Vehicle industry

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Volvo’s Truck Safety Campaign to Educate Children

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The Australian leg of the global Volvo child pedestrian safety campaign has been launched at the Melbourne Truck Show. The company’s global safety director, Carl Johan Almqvist, was in attendence to run the launch. The initiative is an important one given that around 260,000 children are predicted to lose their lives on the world’s roads

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Truck Safety Blitzes Reveal Non-compliance Common

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Parallel truck compliance operations held in 2 states by police and road authorities have yielded some alarming results. It was reported that a string of defects were commonly discovered during the blitz. According to an article on Fullyloaded.com.au, Operation StateTrans held in NSW took place simultaneously to national Operation Austrans which happens annually. Although the 2

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