It is not surprising that a spike in the number of fatalities on our roads creates plenty of concern and stimulates discussion and controversy, it is something which could be called the crash statistics effect.
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Everyday Problems for Truckies
Here we have a collection of videos which many people who work on the road would recognise as a a guide to everyday problems for truckies. This is another collection of videos for which we have to think Tez the Truckie who posts them up regularly on YouTube.
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Video Verification
Here’s a video posted up by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, for anyone who still hasn’t got the memo about roll stability control (RSC), here’s video verification of its effectiveness.
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A Truck Driver’s Nightmare
This video shows a truck driver’s nightmare, one of many nightmares which can cross the mind of a truck driver out on the road.
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More Than Just Tanker Slosh
A report by NTI based on the insurance specialist’s National Truck Accident Research Centre report on truck accidents, shows us that the reasons behind milk tanker accidents are more than just tanker slosh.
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A Lot More to Come in the Future
The development of safety systems in future trucks has to be specifically designed for highly automated driving and there is going to be a lot more to come in the future, according to Stefan Pahl, Director Application Engineering and Technical Sales Knorr Bremse. Systems will be a lot more precise and, and what we then also need is a certain level of redundancy of certain mission critical systems.
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Campaigning, Learning and Decarbonising with NatRoad
Delegates at the conference held on the Gold Coast last week were campaigning, learning and decarbonising with NatRoad, as the largest road transport industry association had a successful gathering.
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An Accident Waiting to Happen
Safety on our roads around trucks is an incredibly important subject, but sometimes what we are doing seems more like a band aid solution than the game changer we need, it’s an accident waiting to happen.
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Cascadia With a Digital Dash
For someone without much familiarity with the Freightliner Cascadia 126 36, or any Cascadia with a digital dash, a driver simply has to fold down the sun visor and take a shot with their phone of the QR code placed there, this sends them to a series of instructional videos on all of the control systems in the truck.
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We Need More Parking
If there is one message which should be constantly given to governments all around the country, from the truck industry, it has got to be that we need more parking areas everywhere.
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