Technologies like electronic braking and stability systems, speed and GPS trackers, and even fatigue and distraction monitors can help keep drivers safe.
Hard numbers on fatigue and how to protect yourself
The numbers on fatigue are in – and there’s good news and bad. According to the 2021 Major Accident Investigation Report, fatigue-related crashes are at their lowest recorded level. Still, they remain the largest single cause of truck driver deaths.
Health and safety digital information kit released
The Queensland Trucking Association (QTA) has released a practical guide for supporting both transport operators and heavy vehicle drivers in delivering targeted health and safety initiatives.
Helping tackle the drug issue on our roads
Compliance, health and safety have come a long way in the past two decades, but the issue of drug use on our roads is still rife.
Big wheels keep on turning: Education vital for safety
This National Road Safety Week, Transurban in partnership with the Queensland Trucking Association (QTA), is sharpening its focus on truck safety.
Supporting truck drivers to be the primary risk control
Technology may have the potential to make this industry safer, but people and communication must always come first.
Driving blind: What you can’t see can be fatal
Most people think that because a truck is higher than a car, truck drivers must have a better view of what’s around them. Well, they’re wrong – trucks have much bigger blind spots than cars.
Turner’s Engineering partners with LSM Technologies to protect their vehicle assets
Based on the Gold Coast, Turner’s Engineering was established in 1954 and has grown into a diversified engineering company servicing the construction, mining and transport industries.
Size Matters: Planning the journey ahead
Queensland Rail’s safety campaign is reminding motorists that size matters when driving over-height vehicles near rail bridges.
How to introduce new safety technologies
Having good technology and good driver relationships is often overlooked, yet it doesn’t have to be difficult.