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Guilty - Australia - Trucking greed 'out of control'
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -Sydney Morning Herald (subscription)/The Newcastle Herald - 27 Aug 2005: -- A judge has attacked the trucking industry for being "out of control" and consumed by greed when sentencing the driver of a semitrailer for an accident in which a woman and her son were killed... In the District Court, Judge Geoff Graham said it was a constant theme within the industry for retail and corporate representatives, consumed by "sheer greed", to impose intolerable interstate deadlines and timetable pressures on drivers... Drivers were the "poor bunnies" who landed in court and then jail after driving when they were too tired, taking illegal drugs to delay fatigue and ultimately killing other motorists, he said... Judge disqualified Harm from driving for five years and sentenced him to a total of four years and nine months in jail, with three years non-parole... After the verdict, Mr Beddall called for the industry to be cleaned up and drivers to stop taking drugs.
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