A blitz targeting the cattle transport industry took place across Queensland last month, with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) today releasing its results.
During the week-long operation, the NHVR said there was a total of 173 livestock intercepts, with 487 heavy vehicle units (inclusive of trucks and trailers) inspected.
An NHVR spokesperson told Big Rigs, “The objective of the operation was to ensure the livestock industry understood their safety obligations under the Heavy Vehicle National Law and state-based legislation, with NHVR safety and compliance officers (SCOs) focusing their compliance and enforcement efforts on fatigue, mechanical safety, loading and access on major travel routes, feedlots and saleyards.
“During the operation a number of compliance issues were identified and addressed, with fatigue management and mechanical compliance the most likely to be recorded.”
Of the vehicles that were intercepted in the blitz, the NHVR claims 24.9 per cent were found to be non-compliant.
Throughout the operation, there were also 44 defect notices were issued, with the NHVR revealing 12 per cent of these notices were deemed to be major defects relating to brakes and body/chassis non-compliance.
SCOs also issued 15 infringement notices, most of which were for “fatigue-related offending”.
In addition, 56 mass checks were completed.
The NHVR spokesperson said this blitz was “part of our ongoing commitment to boosting road safety outcomes for all motorists”.
“We are pleased to report the operation’s focussed inspections and educational initiatives were both significant in number and well-received by industry, with close to 500 heavy vehicle units inspected and more than 50 education sessions held,” the NHVR continued.
“Such operations provide a boost to the livestock industry’s understanding of its safety obligations, which in turn contributes to overall road safety outcomes.
“Prior to the operation commencing the NHVR held consultative meetings with Transport and Main Roads , operators, industry groups and stakeholders such as the Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Queensland.”
Driver Fatigue Kills, how about Very Poor Maintenance of Roads, design n build proper Rest Stops for Drivers.
Compliance hey all one way as usual our vehicles need to be checked in these so called blitzes talk about over egging the pudding then we get these emergency type reports to tell everyone how they are saving everyone with their compliance checks .Meanwhile they can’t even mention the total crumbling of our road infrastructure of which they are complicit in because they are part of the government system that is more interested in surveillance no shortage of money to build huge gantry’s and millions on high tech cameras for everything from number plate recognition to peer through your windows focusing on your groin area because we only want you to be safe because we care more about you than you do or having hundreds of people driving around the country side in new utes equipped with latest high tech widgets for this and that only because we care so much about you (please) but oh sorry we don’t have enough money or resources to fix these disgusting piles of busted up rubble we call roads but that is not a safety concern because we know best but remember stupid truck drivers and all motorists we in the government really only care about your safety trust us we know best so shut up and pay your taxes and please don’t worry about the fact your families are driving on this wonderful infrastructure it’s all good we have data
59 mass checks were done? But details as per usual weren’t published. All because they would be operating outside of legislation if they fined someone.