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Aug 3, 2012

TRUCKING & TRUCKERS TROUBLES * Australia

* Australia - Retailers warned of unrealistic demands on truck drivers

Sydney,NSW,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), by Rachel Olding -August 1, 2012: -- Road safety investigators have warned major retailers such as Coles that they may end up before a court for placing unrealistic demands on transport companies and encouraging drivers to drive dangerously... A three-day crackdown on rogue truck drivers, the fourth in six months, ended yesterday with police and Roads and Maritime Services investigators finding more evidence that speed limiter tampering is still rife in the trucking industry... Since February, 50 trucks with illegally modified speed limiters have been found travelling on the roads, sometimes at up to 142km/h... Speed limiters, which prevent a truck from travelling above 100km/h, are a legal requirement in heavy vehicles... Under ''chain of responsibility'' laws, more than 1000 charges have been laid against the directors and managers of four trucking companies - Lennons, Scotts of Mt Gambier, Damorange and Fred's Transport - whose drivers have been caught flouting the law since February...

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