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 [...]
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 [...]
SAFETY SOLUTIONS FOR THE WASTE MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY Already this year across Australia there have been some tragic fatalities involving vulnerable road users and council waste collection vehicles. The incidents highlight the need for all parties to do more to predict and protect vulnerable road users. In 2018, 1 in 3 people killed on our roads was a vulnerable road user [...]
