With school holidays beginning in parts of the country this week there is once again an increase in the number of light vehicle drivers and caravanners travelling on Australian roads.
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‘Don’t #uck With A Truck’ pop-up lands on Bondi Beach
A new pop-up event was held at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Pavilion on Sunday to help improve young drivers’ awareness and education of how to drive safely around trucks.
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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.
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WITA launch Christmas safety campaign
Following on from Women in Trucking Australia’s (WiTA) hugely successful award-winning 2020 safety campaign, the organisation have once again stepped up to produce a world-first Christmas road safety campaign, Will YOU Be Next? – again fronted by female heavy vehicle drivers.
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SafeT360 heads to Deniliquin Road Safety Week
SafeT360 campaign expands to New Zealand
The SafeT360 exhibition will soon be spreading its road safety message across the Tasman thanks to a new partnership between the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) and the New Zealand Trucking Association (NTA).
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The future of road safety
In recent years, the Australian government and industry bodies in the trucking and transport sectors have been committed to road safety, with a specific focus on reducing crashes, injuries and fatalities on Australian roads.
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United calls for road safety redraft
The trucking industry and motorists have rallied together in their calls for the Federal Government to redraft the proposed new National Road Safety Strategy to ensure it addresses the severe lack of government accountability and that it includes clear road safety targets.
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ATA: Vehicle maintenance key to road safety
Following the release of a joint roadworthiness report from National Transport Insurance (NTI) and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) said that keeping well maintained vehicles was key to trucking safety and productivity.
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Heavy Vehicle Safety Strategy consultation
Now’s your chance to have your say on the draft Heavy Vehicle Safety Strategy 2021-2025, with feedback open until April 30, 2021.
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