Truck Drivers Beg Holiday Makers Not To Take Their Rest Areas
Truck drivers have made an appeal to motorists on holiday to avoid taking their designated parking bays for their cars, campers and caravans. It happens every holiday season and truck drivers say they are fed up because they are called rude when they ask other motorists not to park in their bays. These truck designated […]
Truck Hits Bridge on Racecourse Road Leaving Tram Passengers Stranded
A truck recently hit into the Flemington Bridge on Racecourse Road in Melbourne, leaving many tram passengers on the 57 tram stranded. Buses had to be called in to replace tram services after the truck crashed into the bridge near Moonee Ponds Creek. Just four days prior the Newmarket Bridge was hit by another truck. […]
SA Transport Minister Warns of Offences Hike on South Eastern Freeway
The South Australian government has warned of new offences and penalties that will become effective on May 1st, 2019 for heavy vehicle drivers who are detected driving unsafely on the down-track of the South Eastern Freeway. Related businesses are also implicated with new penalties introducing a substantial increase in the body corporate levy that will […]
Road Side Fatigue Tests on the Cards
New technology is being trialled in Victoria to detect fatigued drivers. The trial which is an Australian first will be undertaken at a controlled test facility in Kilsyth and as part of the trial drivers will be kept awake for up to 32 hours and then conduct 2 hour drives on a controlled track. The […]
Truck Driver Lost His Job After Footage Emerged of Cyclist Abuse
How we treat each other and other road users is important, particularly because we spend so much of our time on the road. A driver from Perth demonstrated exactly how we should not treat other road users by abusing a group of cyclists and threatening them, with it all caught on camera. The footage was […]
NSW Police Say Compliance Operations Having Positive Effects
The recent spate of road transport compliance blitzes targeting truck drivers and companies is likely to continue after NSW Police cited these operations as a contributing factor to the reduction in heavy vehicle deaths. The recent 48 hour Operation Northmore at 11 locations across the state involved more than 100 police officers and officers from […]