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[...]

Putting a dollar figure to the value of a human life is an odd thing to do. Many of us do it though, when taking out life insurance to cover our debts and to provide for our spouse and dependents.

Every so often we are profoundly reminded about why we do what we do here at SGESCO-MAX: create safety solutions for protecting vulnerable road users and heavy vehicle drivers. That reminder came recently when reading the autobiography Standing On My Own Two Feet by Clare Sultmann who today is Clare Stewart, Mayor of Noosa Council. Early one August morning in [...]

SPEED LIMITING AND SAFETY A KEY ISSUE One of Australia’s most ambitious infrastructure projects in decades – Inland Rail from Melbourne to Brisbane – will require the road transport industry – and in particular, heavy vehicles (and their drivers) – to continue to focus on safety, speed limiting and emissions, to remain competitive. Scheduled for completion by 2026, Inland Rail [...]