CoR Compliance Email Update – 29th January 2016
Welcome to your weekly CoR Compliance Email Update! This Newsletter will help you to keep up to date with the Chain of Responsibility laws that govern the transport and logistics industry.
Industry and legislation updates
NHVR Has it wrong on Fatigue Scheme, Williamson says
Fatigue expert Professor Ann Williamson has criticised the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) new fatigue management scheme for livestock transporters.
ATA Calls for new Sleep apnoea test approach
The group says the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is “flawed” because it relies on drivers self-reporting their levels of sleepiness by answering a series of questions.
Owner-Drivers to Wear cost of Road tolls….For Now
The Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) has left the door ajar to potentially requiring companies to reimburse owner-drivers for the cost of road tolls and loading fees.
TWU Shoots back at NATROAD over pay rates
NatRoad has come out swinging against the plan to fix pay rates for owner-drivers, but its claim that the decision will significantly increase the price of consumer goods has been dismissed as “rubbish”.
RMS AND NSW Police target Moits Fleet in First 2016 Operation
Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) Joint Heavy Vehicle Taskforce and NSW Police officers say they have detected four major defects in the Moits fleet.
News updates
Empty trucks increase accident risk
HEAVY vehicle drivers with an empty load are two-and-a-half times more likely to crash than those carrying freight. This finding comes from a Curtin-Monash Accident Research Centre study which also found WA drivers who had recently unloaded their freight had a significantly increased risk of crashing.
Police seek witnesses to fatal Gateway Bridge crash
Police are appealing for any witnesses to a two-vehicle traffic crash on the Gateway Bridge which claimed the life of a man in Eagle Farm on Wednesday afternoon.
Firm hit with defects after Sydney spill
The construction company responsible for spilling dirt across the Sydney Harbour Bridge has been slapped with an additional 28 road defects on its fleet.
Melbourne’s Bolte Bridge reopens after truck roll-over just before Monday’s peak hour
The Bolte Bridge in Melbourne has reopened after authorities removed a rolled-over truck that caused major peak hour traffic disruptions.
Weekly CoR implementation tip
Does your organisation have the Speed Management Procedure?
The Speed Management Procedure sets out the processes and requirements of the Speed Risk Management Framework, key responsibilities, and supporting records, policies and procedures.
The Speed Risk Management Framework will contain the same set of stages as the Risk Management Procedure.
Does your Speed Management Procedure include:
- the purpose and scope of the procedure
- the stages of the Speed Risk Management Framework
- a detailed explanation of the processes and requirements of each stage of the Speed Risk Management Framework
- key roles and detailed responsibilities involved in the Speed Risk Management Framework
- key records and reporting outputs of the Speed Risk Management Framework
- requirements for regular monitoring, review and audit of the Speed Risk Management Framework
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Kind regards,
Steven Asnicar
Director
CoR Australia
www.coraustralia.com
