* Victoria - Trucking operators are not blowing the whistle on their customers because it is not in their financial interest to do so
-- Police and government authorities are trying to encourage the trucking industry to provide evidence of customer breaches of COR and be willing to testify... Earlier this year, NHVR COR manager Michael Crellin appealed to the industry to speak up about what was happening... Likewise, Victoria Police detective inspector Bernie Rankin — who leads the force’s heavy vehicle unit — says authorities need solid evidence to mount a prosecution... Transport lawyer says chain of responsibility doesn’t reflect the commercial realities of the trucking industry... "If they are the really big customer and something goes wrong and you’re the one in the firing line, it’s not necessarily in your commercial interests to go and point out the fact that in fact the reason this has occurred is because your biggest client created the problem"... "So in a sense a lot of the time the operator is absorbing some of the flak that comes out of particular instances because of commercial reasons. And I don’t think the legislation reflects that and I’m not even sure that it can" ...
Melbourne, VIC, Australia - Owner Driver, by Brad Gardner - 31 Aug 2015Labels: trucking industry Australia
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