This week we are looking at both positives and negatives in the trucking twitterverse, with anti-truck campaigns, drones, parking bays and safe tippers.
Anti-truck groups already getting fired up about the building of the new tunnel in Melbourne. Expect plenty of aggravation on this topic for quite some time.
438,000 trucks? – Yarraville / Footscray does that in a month! @mtag_info #springst https://t.co/923jtm4ljl
— Count 利茶道 Ability (@Richlest) July 8, 2017
Roof mounted drones to deliver parcels?
Roof-mounted drones and robotic package-sorting devices… the Vision Van from Mercedes-Benz, guests at our @FutureLogistics conference pic.twitter.com/Kn1O4wQcxn
— Toll Group (@Toll_Group) July 6, 2017
Highlighting the issues in parking bays on our major highways.
Sharing Rest Areas Video. https://t.co/ZopBGYewGs
— TRUCKRIGHT (@TRUCKRIGHT) July 9, 2017
Supersafe tippers running around the streets of London. The pressure groups in Melbourne are already asking for something similar in Melbourne.
#Spotted in #London – thanks @Mad_Miles for the pic #Econic @Cemex operating on a road renowned for traffic and cyclists #TrucksYouCanTrust pic.twitter.com/vpScBh0VWd
— Mercedes-Benz Trucks (@MercedesTruckUK) July 8, 2017