Blind spot monitoring systems were first introduced in 2005 by Volvo as an option for their top-of-the-line passenger sedans. Today, they are almost a standard safety feature or option on new cars, certainly more expensive ones. However, with heavy vehicles that is not the case. Only a small percentage of Australia’s heavy vehicle fleet has blind spot monitoring systems [...]

Over the coming decade, Australia is aiming to transition our major urban areas into safer and more liveable free-flowing cities. Four key factors will influence the attainment of that vision. In our recent Bicycles are Benefiting our Cities article, we outlined how COVID-19 had led to a dramatic uptake in cycling across Australia – and how this could likely be [...]

Across Australia, COVID-19 lockdowns have seen a massive uptake of bicycle riding which bodes well for the future of our cities. It highlights the need for better town planning, better road safety education, and better blind spot monitoring safety technology, particularly in heavy vehicles. Without this, our most vulnerable road users will be even more vulnerable. A DIFFERENT SET OF [...]

Australia’s heavy vehicle fleet will likely undergo a major transformation in the next decade to meet a number of road safety and climate objectives. Older vehicles pose a significant risk to vulnerable road users (VRUs), however the technology exists to make them much safer for drivers and VRUs in the intervening period before this major fleet transition. AUSTRALIA’S AGEING FLEET [...]

The Brisbane 2032 Olympics will herald a construction boom across SE QLD. With that comes increased risks to Vulnerable Road Users. Will SE QLD Councils learn from London’s example? Brisbane’s successful bid to host the 2032 Olympics is likely to[...]

SGESCO-MAX is pleased to announce we have joined WMRR. The Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) is the only national peak body for the $15bn waste and resource recovery industry. Its membership spans the entire industry covering landfill, recycling and resource recovery, energy from waste, e-waste, organics, construction and demolition, commercial and industrial, hazardous and biohazardous waste [...]