* Northland - A spate of log truck crashes is causing alarm in the trucking industry
-- Since last Monday, three log truck and trailer units have come to grief on bends, according to the police, with no other vehicles involved... Since Northland forests planted 30 years ago began reaching harvest age, there have been regular reports of log trucks rolling with sometimes fatal consequences... But three in a week spilling their logs across the highways is thought to be a record... One of the region's most experienced road transport operators Stan Semenoff said there was only one reason - drivers were going too fast... But an Aztec Forestry Transport spokesperson added that Northland's atrocious roads were part of the problem. Narrow, winding, and often rutted roads were unforgiving of even small errors of judgement... Road Transport Forum chief executive Ken Shirley said the Northland roads were very difficult...
(Photo from RNZ, by Lois Williams: Stan Stemenoff and some of his fleet) -- Northland, NZ - Radio NZ, by Lois Williams - 20 April 2016.Labels: infrastructures discussions, trucking industry news New Zealand
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