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SURVEY * Australia - Union blames truck speeding on customers
The Transport Workers Union claiming, financial pressure is forcing truck drivers to break speed limits
Sydney,NSW,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald/ATN -July 12, 2010: ... A Roads and Traffic Authority survey published today claims 37.7 percent of heavy vehicles exceeded 100km/h limits in NSW last year, an increase of more than nine percent from 2008... The NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre told the paper crash rates are up by 25 percent due in most part to incentives and pressure to drive faster... He says drivers have no control over pay conditions and are forced to make ends meet by unsafe practices... TWU National Secretary Tony Sheldon, has repeated his call for the establishment of a federal tribunal to ensure drivers and companies are paid enough to get the job done safely... A policy paper is due to be released soon by the Federal Government outlining how it plans to reform the pay system in the trucking industry...The government paper is in response to the findings of a 2008 report that found a demonstrable link between low rates of pay and poor safety in the heavy vehicle industry...Labels: speed limits, surveys, truckers' pay systems
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