Month: October 2017
82% of major crash incidents attributed to fatigue
Following on from the previous blog the NTARC states that fatigue still remains an issue of concern. The previous report had noted that since the September 2008 introduction of new legislation for heavy vehicle driving hours, and consequent fatigue reform, there had been considerable improvement in losses related to operator fatigue. With the current finding
Read MoreResearch into the major cause of Heavy Vehicle accidents
The National Truck Accident Research Centre (NTARC) is an independent research facility established by National Transport Insurance (NTI), which, continuesto be the leading commercial vehicle and equipment insurer in Australia. Once again, after the usual two year interval, the research centre has revisited the behaviour of the commercial, predominately ‘for hire and reward’ road fleet,
Read MoreOverloading
Most of us know that there is no real advantage in overloading your vehicle but there can be situations when this can occur either by mistake or accident. The HVNL states that a person must not drive a heavy vehicle on a road when its total weight exceeds its mass requirements. There are also implications
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