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The Victorian Government are wanting to get good publicity out of the fact work is starting on dualling the Western Highway from Ballarat to Stawell but manage to put the trucking industry offside and create problems for themselves in Melbourne at the same time. Are they spinning [...]

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There is an ever increasing amount of electronics is modern trucks and a large proportion of the new systems are safety related. It’s great to have all of this whizz-bang stuff available but for many drivers iPod and DVD player connectivity is probably more important than any [...]

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The Lights on the Hill Trucking Memorial at Gatton in Queensland has released a second compilation album, including a selection of songs, ballads and some truckie’s favourites, to raise funds for the memorial. There are original songs included from well-known artists like Travis Sinclair, Paul Costa, Jayne [...]

What ever happened to the competent truck driver? Is the skill level in the industry so low? Here are two examples, from Europe, of what truck driving has come to. One is a system put in place to compensate for the fact truck drivers can’t back a trailer further than 10 metres and the second [...]

Here’s a video being put out by the Victoria government trying to cut down on the incidence of rollovers on the highway. This appears to have been stimulated by the laudable work done by the Victorian Road Freight Advisory Council who have set up a number of initiatives to improve truck safety.
VicRoads are going around [...]

One of the big topics here at the ATA Convention is the so called ‘Chain of responsibility’ and a panel discussion has got some of the issues out in the open. Those involved in the whole process of protecting transport operators from prosecution under the COR laws try to explain how difficult it is to [...]

For the duration of Truckweek, Australia’s truck drivers have been asked to ’slow down and be courteous to other road users as part of Truckweek 2010′. They have been asked by ATA Chairman Trevor Martyn to make an extra effort for the sake of the industry’s image with the general public. This is always the [...]

Many people around Australia would have observed the semitrailer coming sideways down the road in Winchelsea, Victoria and avoid hitting Opposition Leader Tony Abbott earlier this week. Why has nobody jumped on the bandwagon and used the event as an argument for improved brake compatibility in Australia?

What we see is a North American prime mover [...]

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This video from OztruckinTV addresses the dilemma for trucking, the perception of the car driver that trucks are roaring past them at 120 km/h when they are only just on the dollar. This problem is virtually insurmountable as car drivers like to think [...]

Along with the issue of a driver shortage in the US comes driving schools which are simply box ticking businesses putting truck drivers out on the highway with no experience and no idea how to handle a truck.

The rookie driver interviewed is TruckerDesiree who can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TruckerDesiree who was unleashed on [...]