When it comes to the question of getting tippers right, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator wants the trailer manufacturers to make the regulations work both for them and their customers. The Heavy Vehicle Industry Association has been asked by the NHVR to lead the development of a new VSB6 modification code that covers the design of tipper bodies.
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Driver Drug Testing by Fingerprint
It is now a reality for the trucking industry, driver drug testing by fingerprint. Systems have become available both in the US and in Europe, which enable trucking operators to test each driver for drugs
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Trucking Twitterverse Unchained
This week Diesel News brings you the trucking Twitterverse unchained, with bulletins from around the country. We have the NSW Police and their charm offensive, making real progress, there’s a new truck show on the calendar and it doesn’t look like the West Gate Tunnel in Melbourne is going to happen any time soon.
The series of ‘Coffee with a Cop’ events being held at truck stops can be nothing but a good thing, taking the heat out of a relationship which can get a little fraught, between truckies and Traffic Police:
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The Trucking World in the Twitterverse
In this week’s look at the trucking world in the Twitterverse, we have free cups of coffee and tea fighting fatigue in rural New South Wales, enormous truck cabin interiors in the US and vehicle telematics which fit inside the truck and trailer’s tyres.
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VISA Global Logistics is Joining MEGATRANS2018
Award-winning Australian international logistics company and freight forwarder, VISA Global Logistics, is joining MEGATRANS2018 at its inaugural supply chain event to showcase its service offerings.
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Greetings From the Trucking Twitterverse
Yet again, Diesel News brings you greetings from the trucking Twitterverse, a few stories you might have missed or don’t have time to check out.
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Stability Control For All Trucks
Bringing in a measure to mandate stability control for all trucks seems to be approved of by many around the trucking industry. With the need to continue to improve safety outcomes for trucking, and the general community, this would seem to be a consensus view.
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Trucking in the Twitterverse
Diesel News keeps an eye on trucking in the Twitterverse and brings you this week’s highlights. We have Tweets from the NHVR on the road, loading hay in the USA and another truck rollover in the news.
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Trucking Slammed in the Media
There is no other way to describe as we watch, yet again, trucking slammed in the media following some high profile accidents and a NSW crackdown. Diesel News takes a look at the kind of language being
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News From the Edge of the Twitterverse
This week we bring you the news from the edge of the Twitterverse, as the Rolling Thunder blitz on trucks creates a stir. There’s a truck with plenty of issues getting pulled over. There’s
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