Improving heavy vehicle safety is a challenge for fleet managers and trucking companies dealing with rising running costs and only a temporary reprieve from high fuel prices. So how should you prioritise your investment from a safety perspective when it comes to your fleet? At SGESCO-MAX we have specialised is providing safety solutions for light rigid and heavy vehicles) [...]
When it comes to heavy vehicle safety, is your organisation doing all that it can in 2022 to save the lives of its drivers and others? A 2021 study by Monash University anticipates the number of heavy vehicle drivers involved and injured in road crashes will increase by 23% by 2030 (over 2017) figures. With such worrying figures, here [...]
Connetics improves safety across its HV fleet with MAX-SAFE. After a month-long trial involving three heavy vehicles, Christchurch-based Connetics has become one of the first companies in New Zealand to implement the MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway safety solution. Connetics is responsible for designing, constructing and maintaining overhead and underground lines used for utility and infrastructure services. The company operates out of depots [...]
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 [...]
