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SAFETY * Australia - High rate of truckies suffering fatigue
Survey finds: Australian drivers found fatigue was common
Sydney,NSW,Australia -Australasian Transport News -January 18, 2010: -18 Jan 2010: -- Many motorists are still engaging in risky driving behaviour despite increased pressure from governments around the country to curb the rate of vehicle accidents, according to new government findings... Results published in the Survey of Community Attitudes to Road Safety conducted by the Social Research Centre on 1,615 Australian drivers found fatigue was common, with 16 percent of surveyed drivers admitting to falling asleep behind the wheel and 43 percent of those saying they had done so more than once... The report found 36 percent of fatigue-affected drivers identified themselves as possessing a heavy vehicle licence... According to the survey, 61 percent of respondents admitted to using their mobile phones while driving, while 25 percent say they consider it acceptable to speed... The survey, however, did produce good news. It found widespread support for existing traffic laws and law enforcement practices and a 98 per cent approval of random breath testing... More than one in four respondents or 27 per cent of respondents say they want even harsher punishments imposed on those caught speeding... (Image: brisbanetimes)
* Australia - Workcover urged to investigate all truck accidents
Sydney,NSW,Australia -ABC Riverina NSW -January 18, 2010: -- The Transport Workers Union is again calling on Workcover to investigate all truck accidents in an effort to reduce trucking deaths... Two truck drivers died when their trucks collided head-on near Woomargama on the Hume Highway on Friday morning... Police are yet to determine the exact cause of the crash... But the union says Workcover should do its own investigation... The assistant New South Wales secretary, Bruce Penton, says 287 truck drivers died on the country's roads last year... "Because it happens on the highway it seems to be put aside and not treated like a proper workplace accident"... (Picture from abc.net.au)
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