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TRUCKS / TRUCKING CONTROLS & INSPECTIONS * Australia
* NSW - Truckies face random tampering checks
(Photo: Hume Highway fatal crash, January 24, 2012)
Sydney,NSW,Australia -Big Pond News -February 22, 2012: -- Calls have grown for an overhaul of the trucking industry after the discovery of systemic safety breaches by a transport company linked to a triple road fatality in Sydney... The NSW government announced it would spring spot checks on heavy vehicles but says it will await the outcome of a police investigation into Lennons Transport Services before taking further action... Police descended on the company early on Wednesday after one of their drivers was charged over the January 24 accident on the Hume Highway in Menangle... They later said they had found safety breaches, including attempts to manipulate speed limiters, on eight Lennons trucks... They allegedly located 19 of 35 vehicles and found speed limiters on seven of the trucks had been altered so they could travel beyond the maximum 100km/h speed limit. Eighth vehicle had its fuel system altered to deliver more fuel to the engine... Principals and the driver will appear in Campbelltown Local Court on May 16...
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