* NSW - Victorian failure to monitor dangerous trucks putting NSW drivers at risk
-- The failure of Victorian and Queensland authorities to monitor dangerous heavy vehicles is creating huge risks across the country's roads, exasperated NSW officials say... The triple fatality at Menangle in 2012, when a Lennons truck killed Donald and Patricia Logan and their son Calvyn, and the grounding of the Cootes fleet in 2013, prompted a re-examination of the way in which heavy vehicles are monitored in NSW... In response the number of trucks speeding in NSW has dropped by about 90 per cent, and the defect rate in trucks in NSW has halved... But local authorities are increasingly frustrated by the refusal of interstate jurisdictions to adopt similar methods to those employed in NSW... For instance, the linked Safe-T-Cam system that operates in NSW and South Australia enables Roads and Maritime Services to check vehicle speed, registration, and whether they have been passing through heavy vehicle checking stations. The system also enables them to inspect trucking fleets on a "risk-based" basis, rather than having to rely on random inspections... But because there are no Safe-T-Cams in other eastern states, NSW authorities are unable to monitor the risks of truck drivers and fleets. This means they are unable to get a gauge on whether drivers are taking their mandated breaks...
(Photo by Peter Rae - Heavy Vehicle Safety Stations at Marulan on the Hume Highway. Photo shows, A truck is checked for faults on the south bound station) -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - The Sydney Morning Herald, by Jacob Saulwick - September 28, 2015Labels: dangerous trucks, road safety
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