The Truck Isn't Yours. The Duty Still Is: What Councils Can Specify About Waste Collection Safety
For most Australian councils, the waste collection fleet belongs to somebody else. Collection is contracted out, the trucks carry a contractor's...
Four Waste Collection Risks Technology Can Now Prevent
Waste collection vehicles are everywhere we are. They operate outside our homes and schools, around sporting fields and parks, along busy city...
When the alarm becomes just more noise
Walk onto any active civil construction site and you will hear it within seconds. Reversing alarms, movement alarms, radio calls and shouted...
The Blind Spot Behind Every Bin
Waste collection is one of the few heavy vehicle operations where the truck and its crew are almost never still.
Researchers Back Bus Seatbelt Monitoring Solution
On some Australian bus trials, as few as 14% of passengers were found to be wearing the seatbelts fitted right in front of them. Bus road safety laws...
What Heavy Vehicles Can’t See: Understanding Blind Spot Risk and the Case for Active Monitoring
We are blind to the blind spots. Simply watch this video to see how people are exposed to fatal accidents due to the blind spots in heavy vehicles....
Top Heavy Vehicle Safety Tips
When it comes to heavy vehicle safety, is your organisation doing all that it reasonably can to protect its drivers, workers and the wider public?...
Removing Human Error in Cardan Shaft Vehicles: A Safer Approach for New Zealand Fleets
Heavy vehicle rollaways remain one of the most preventable risks across New Zealand’s transport, utilities and civil construction sectors.
How the Master Code Update Will Change Heavy Vehicle Procurement
Procurement decisions play a critical role in heavy vehicle safety.
NHVR Master Code Update and Chain of Responsibility: What Fleet Operators Need to Understand
Across Australia, heavy vehicle safety expectations are evolving.
Why Councils Are Reviewing Heavy Vehicle Safety Standards
Across Australia, local governments are increasingly reviewing the safety standards applied to heavy vehicles operating within council fleets and...
The NHVR Master Code Update and Chain of Responsibility
Across Australia, heavy vehicle safety expectations are evolving.