* Victoria - Truckies' daily life on the road
-- This comes after a suspected road rage attack on Melbourne's Western Ring Road this morning were it's alleged a motorist tried to run over a truck driver after the truck had "sideswiped" the car... Commenting on the Big Rigs Facebook page truckies have said they have to deal with road rage on a daily basis... Tyronne Tunza Bony said nearly every time he gets in his truck for a run up the Bruce he'll "get flipped off and abused". The reason: "coz I've somehow hindered/inconvenienced somebody out there"... Glenn Womersley said the biggest problem in Melbourne was the numbers of speed cameras. "So many speed cameras unmarked like any other state, cars hit the brakes at every overpass and sit five kms under the limit in the trucks blind spot. Car drivers are sheep down there they just follow the cars in front very often I'm doing 70 in a 100 zone with just two cars in front it's dangerous and frustrating then they start tapping the brakes ppl simply don't care if 60 tonnes hits them and it's always the truck at fault," he said... But they're fighting back, one truckie suggested a dash cam was the best defence...
(Photo: Road rage is just a fact of life for truckies) -- Melbourne, VIC, Australia - Big Rigs - 28th Jan 2016
** ACT - Two trucking industry legends awarded Australia Day honours
-- The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has today congratulated Ian Cootes on his appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Australia Day Honours list... Ian Cootes founded Cootes Haulage in 1965 as a single tanker operation, which grew to employ around 800 people by the time he sold the business in 2001... He served as a member of a number of industry bodies during this time, and worked to improve safety and efficiency standards for dangerous goods transport as the Director of the Australian Road Research Board... The ATA also congratulates Mr Thomas Fawcett, who received a Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to the livestock transport industry... Mr Fawcett has been the Managing Director of the Fawcett Cattle Company in the Northern Territory since 1963, and has been an active member of the Northern Territory Road Transport Association for many years... He has also served as a member of the Coomalie Community Government Council...
Canberra, ACT, Australia - Big Rigs - 28 Jan 2016
*** Horowhenua / New Zealand - Truck driver Mike Aldridge has published a book of short stories that are steeped with Kiwi humour
-- After a lifetime on the roads Levin truck driver Mike Aldridge had a few tales to tell, so a book seemed a natural step... A "Blimmin' Disaster", it's a collection of 16 humorous short stories, was published late last year... Aldridge has worked long-haul in some "really flash trucks", worked with city firms and country firms, and spent ten years training and upskilling drivers. About half of the stories were written from his experiences on the job and the rest from general life experience... The collection includes tales of a hapless criminal, a 'dear John' story from the point of view of a serviceman in Vietnam (Mike's favourite), and a story about how to deal with school bullies... Aldridge said he joined a Levin writing club and began writing to help him deal creatively with some of the stresses of training truck drivers... Aldridge currently works for agricultural specialists Davis Contracting, based in Koputaroa, and said he enjoys the variety of different vehicles he gets to drive...
Levin, Horowhenua, NZ - The Dominion POst, by Karoline Tuckey - 27 Jan 2016Labels: trucking industry news Australia and N Zealand
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