The Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia (HVIA)’s 2022 National Awards held at the end of November honoured SGESCO-MAX in two areas – as a National Safety Finalist and for 50 years of membership. HVIA represents and advances the interests of manufacturers and suppliers of heavy vehicles and their components, equipment and technology. The Association encourages and honours excellence through their [...]
New Zealand Trial Paves the Way for Safer Waste Collection across ANZ. Smart Environmental, one of New Zealand’s largest waste management companies, has completed the first Australasian trial of our active safety solution for side-arm heavy vehicles that significantly improves public safety around waste trucks. MAX-SAFE Side-Arm Pedestrian ProtectionTM is a new camera-based AI solution designed to detect and protect [...]
Since joining SGESCO-MAX three years ago as Managing Director, Scott McPherson, son of the company’s founder, Albert, has re-engineered our company to prime it for growth in future decades. With his considerable management, analytical and technology experience, Scott, along with brother Marc, Director of Research & Development, and the team have made great headway in advancing SGESCO-MAX as the Australasian [...]
“Seat belts in buses” law and related safety issues are in the spotlight after a bus tragedy in June in the Hunter Valley, NSW, where 10 wedding guests were killed when their bus rolled due to excessive speed going through a round-about. This follows 18 children in Victoria being hospitalised after their school bus was hit by a truck in [...]
First introduced in Australia in 2014 and expanded in 2018, Chain of Responsibility Laws require heavy vehicle businesses to take a proactive approach to safety management to avoid or minimise risk to the public. With rising statistics around VRU injury or death, the glaring risks of heavy vehicle operation, and the widespread availability of solutions to mitigate these risks, [...]
SGESCO-MAX has proven safety solutions for new NSW Bus Requirements for door safety systems. As of January 2023, new bus safety systems have come into force in NSW for any bus that: is licensed to carry over 12 people is registered for the first time after 1 January 2023, and has driver-controlled passenger doors. The regulations are designed to [...]
