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Jul 3, 2015

SAFETY TRUCKS * Europe & * Australia : "To make calls while driving, increased risk to the employee and other road users"

* Ireland - Business plays critical role in keeping roads safe

 (Video from AustralianTrucking - Aug 21, 2013: Trucks are legally allowed to use both lanes while turning, so don't overtake a turning heavy vehicle - you might not have as much room as you thought) 
-- Employers across Ireland have been urged to make road safety a ‘critical part’ of their business plans at a European conference organised by the European Transport Safety Council, the Road Safety Authority, the Health and Safety Authority and Garda Síochána... Superintendent Con O’Donohue, An Garda Síochána, spoke at the conference about driving for work from a policing perspective, “Last year, we estimate that as 23% of injury collisions on our roads involved someone who was working. This is particularly worrying for An Garda Síochána and all of the agencies working in road safety"... He added, “Employers and employees need to be mindful of their legal duty of care and this extends to any journey undertaken as part of work. I urge employers to ensure safe driving for work practices amongst their employees and not to put employees under pressure to meet deadlines or demands, or take or make calls while driving, all of which would result in increased risk to the employee and other road users” ... 
 Dublin, Ireland - Irish Trucker - 2 July 2015


* New South Wales / Australia - Toll embraces high-tech fatigue and distraction mitigation technology
-- The Toll Group has signed an agreement with US company Seeing Machines to upgrade its operational fleet of Driver Safety Systems (DSS) to the company’s recently launched ‘Fleet’ product... Seeing Machines builds image-processing technology that tracks the movement of a person’s eyes, face, head and facial expressions, providing truck drivers with “positive support” when drowsiness and inattention take hold, according to Seeing Machines... 
(Photo: A driver state sensor at work) Homebush Bay, NSW, Australia - Prime Move - 2nd, July 2015


* Australia Capitol Territory - "Don't cut in front of trucks"

 Video from Australia Trucking Ass. - National Circuit Forrest, ACT, Australia - Aug 19, 2013
-- This is the first of a series of animated videos designed to show motorists how to share the road safely with heavy vehicles... The video highlights the dangers of cutting in to the large space left between a truck and the vehicle in front, and explains that trucks need this extra space to stop safely if required... The videos feature the animated Safety Truck character from the ATA’s upgraded road safety exhibition, the $1.3 million Safety Truck... 

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