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* Australia - Rage against the machines
A woman's terrifying encounter with a truck has led to a grassroots road-safety campaign targeting tailgating and speeding heavy vehicle drivers across NSWSydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald, by Heath Gilmore -July 22, 2007: -- ... Lyndal Denny could not forget the sight of a truck bearing down on her small sedan on the Pacific Highway earlier this year, and decided something had to be done... She has launched a website for aggrieved motorists to report misbehaving truck drivers across the state, and she is petitioning the NSW Government to make it mandatory for truck drivers to maintain a minimum of 60 metres distance between themselves and the car in front... Any incidents emailed to the campaign's website, will be taken up with the trucking company, Ms Denny said. If the industry response was unsatisfactory, the incident would be reported to the police and media... Australian Trucking Association CEO Stuart St Clair said any initiative that raised the level of performance of drivers would be welcome... (Photo by Sahlan Hayes - Too-close encounters ... Lyndal Denny is behind the Coast to Coast 100 campaign - a website for aggrieved motorists to report misbehaving truck drivers)
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