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HOS DEBATE * Australia
* No blockades against fatigue laws, say Trucking Association
Australia -Australasian Bus and Coach -21 Feb 2007: -- The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) today warned against blockades and ‘go slows’ in response to new fatigue regulations... "While we understand the frustration of operators at these new laws, we urge them not to take the law into their own hands and consider how they can play a part in ensuring state governments implement the laws in a sensible, uniform way," says ATA Chief Executive Stuart St Clair. St Clair’s comments came in response to the unanimous approval of the National Transport Commission’s Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue regulations by Australia’s state and federal Transport Ministers with variations in implementation flagged by some states. The new laws will see working hours for most drivers cut from 14 to 12 hours with fines of up to $50,000 under Chain of Responsibility laws...
* Transport operators threaten to blockade NSW borders
Australia -Australasian Bus and Coach -23 Feb 2007: -- Road transport industry groups are calling for calm as a significant number of mainstream operators threaten to blockade roads into and out of New South Wales in response to a regulatory burden that they believe is spiraling out of control... In Victoria operators are incensed about the Bracks Government’s intention to exclude reasonable steps defences for drivers and operators under the proposed new national heavy vehicle driver fatigue reform laws... The Government has also refused to support the "split rest" provision specifically written into the fatigue reform model legislation developed by the National Transport Commission (NTC) for operators who meet the audited Basic Fatigue Management (BFM) standard... And in Queensland over a hundred operators and drivers have decided to park up on March 1, to protest against the State’s new fatigue regulations and demerit point rules... Organised by the Owner Driver Steering Committee, the meeting at Rocklea Show Grounds will discuss further actions the group will take to protest the new rules... Organisers of the event say this could be the beginning of an indefinite campaign against new fatigue regulation and demerit point rules for logbook offences...
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