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Modernise the Fleet

The increased fatality figures in New South Wales have led to calls to modernise the fleet. The shock of the steep increase in deaths in 2017 has provoked a reaction and a number of different solutions have been put forward, including fleet modernisation. First of all it was Michael Byrne, Toll CEO, in his open letter to the Prime Minister which called for a number of changes. This has been followed by a call from the Truck Industry Council also citing the high average age of the Australian fleet and the corresponding lack of modern safety equipment.
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Regulatory Common Sense 

Drivers and operators have been looking for some regulatory common sense for a long time, but two initiatives this week create sensible solutions to long-term issues. One regards personal use allowances in the log book and the other reduces the requirement to do needless animal transfers on the road.
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Lack of Confidence in Safety

Lack of Confidence in Safety

A survey of fleet managers in Australia has, worryingly, revealed a serious lack of confidence in safety of drivers behind the wheel. The national survey was commissioned by Mix Telematics, who supply
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Preventative Maintenance is Vital

Aussie Inventor

An Aussie inventor is to market, afresh, a product enhancing safety and productivity in the workplace. Peter Wright has been a truck driver all his life and knew there was a better, and safer, way when it came to jacking up vehicles for maintenance and repairs, so he decided to do something about it.
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Trucking Through Instagram's Eyes

Trucking Through Instagram’s Eyes

This week we are looking at trucking through Instagram’s eyes, and it’s looking good. We are concentrating on inland Australia, with hay runners, gypsum season and A-doubles. The Burrumbuttock
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Take a Look at the Trucking Twitterverse

Take a Look at the Trucking Twitterverse

Diesel News decided to take a look at the trucking twitterverse and found a selection of positive stories about the trucking industry. Keep up the good work! Warren Clarke, NatRoad CEO, is going to help
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Truck of the Future?

Is this the truck of the future? Or is it the truck of the past? It is, in fact, a futuristic prototype truck which was built well over ten years ago. Read More
A Step-by-Step Approach

A Step-by-Step Approach

When looking at a comprehensive telematics system for its operation, Parklea Sand and Soil, took a step-by-step approach to introducing it and in the way it worked for the driver.
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VISA Global Logistics, is joining MEGATRANS2018

Each Component In The Chain

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is trying to get information out about changes to Chain of Responsibility legislation to each component in the chain, including drivers, owner-drivers and small operators subcontracting to the bigger operators.
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Niche in the Truck Market

Niche in the Truck Market

The eight wheeler has always had a limited niche in the truck market, but Scania is trying to change all of that with a specification to compete in the 6×4 rigid market. Diesel News took the new 8×2 rigid out for a spin.
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