Calls for Autonomous Braking Technology for Trucks to Prevent Terror Attacks
The Australasian College of Road Safety has called on the government to mandate autonomous braking technology on all new vehicles including trucks, to reduce the road death toll and prevent terror attacks using trucks like we’ve seen in Nice and Berlin. In December last year a truck hit into a Berlin Christmas market and […]
The Man Taking Truck Safety to Young Drivers
The Australian Trucking Association’s (ATA) Safety Truck has been driven by ex-policeman Glen Schmidtke for the past 7 years and has been educating people of all ages around the country on how to safely share the road with trucks. Mr Schmidtke started washing trucks at the age of 11 and then progressed to an apprentice […]
COR Changes and Compliance Issues Raised at CTAA Forum
A recent chain of responsibility (CoR) seminar was held at the Yarraville Club in Melbourne, attended by 150 representatives of the industry including freight forwarders, importers, exporters, transport operators etc. The seminar was the third of its kind, organised by the Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA), Freight and Trade Alliance (FTA), Australian Peak Shippers Association […]
SARTA Concerned About Speed Limits Following Near Miss Footage
SARTA, The South Australian Road Transport Association has called for a rethink of the speed limit in the Port Augusta region after footage emerged of a truck overtaking a road train in a 90km/h zone, forcing an oncoming car to drive in the shoulder of the road to avoid crashing head-on into the truck. The […]
NHVR Releases Findings of National Truck Fleet Check
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) released the findings of the first national heavy vehicle health check which revealed that more needs to be done to improve the maintenance of the national truck fleet. The survey entitled The National Roadworthiness Baseline Survey – A Health Check of Australia’s Heavy Vehicle Condition, focused on inspection programs […]
National Guidelines for Automated Vehicle Testing Released
The NTC (National Transport Commission)and Austroads have released national guidelines for trials of automated vehicles in a joint publication titled Guidelines for trials of automated vehicles in Australia. The guidelines are designed to be flexible and easy for industry to use to support trials across Australia, giving more certainty to the industry on conditions […]