Pedestrian Protection Regulations are an increasing priority for governments around the world, with new UN regulations being adopted by many countries to reduce pedestrian deaths caused by cars and heavy vehicles. With increasing pedestrians in Australian cities, a high pedestrian road toll (in particular by heavy vehicles) and Australia being a signatory to UN, it’s only a matter of [...]
NTI NTARC Major Crash Investigation 2022 Report The Major Crash Investigation 2022 Report from National Transport Insurance (NTI) and the National Truck Accident Research Centre (NTARC) is a mixed bag. There have been some great gains made in some areas with some measures having an impact – however some alarming figures in other areas. It highlights the need for [...]
Last year SafeWork Australia released a new guide for the construction industry to reduce the risk of traffic accidents and fatalities caused by construction developments, which has been on the rise due to ongoing construction in our cities. As they have done in other industries, SGESCO-MAX’s range of MAX-SAFE Safety solutions can provide many of the solutions construction companies [...]
In 2020, Transport for NSW released their recommendations for safety technologies for heavy vehicles on NSW roads and working on government projects. The 34-page NSW Safety Guide for Heavy Vehicles is still current today. The recommendations were developed because NSW government consider heavy vehicle safety a serious issue. While heavy vehicles make up 2.5% of NSW road fleet and [...]
The Australian National Road Safety Strategy is making progress – but we need to do better. And while heavy vehicles are involved in less accidents – according to June 2022 figures – we still need to do more – because the number of vulnerable road users killed is on the rise. No one wants to lose a loved one in [...]
SGESCO-MAX welcomes the introduction of heavy vehicle driver apprenticeships across Australia as a measure to attract and appropriately train drivers to safely ensure supply chain continuity. At the start of September the Queensland Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT) approved the Queensland Trucking Association’s (QTA) industry proposal for the establishment of a Heavy Vehicle Driver Apprenticeship in [...]
