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MANDATORY MINIMUM CHARGES * Australia: Inferences
* What do US studies say?
"The evidence is that if you ensure that people travel safely in terms of safe rates you will get proper outcomes … you will get improved safety" Anthony Albanese
-- Checking the source
- When asked for evidence to support his statement, Albanese’s spokesman referred The Conversation to Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Brendan O'Connor, to the 2016 Review of the Road Safety Remuneration System conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Commonwealth government:* "Drivers are likely to benefit the most [from tribunal orders] due to increased remuneration and fewer road accidents, followed by government and members of society who face costs following road crashes, and will therefore benefit from an improvement in safety."
- An Australian study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2007 analysed drug use by drivers in both surveys and concluded that:
* "The strongest predictors of drug use were payment based on the amount of work completed and fatigue reported as a major problem … The strong association of payment by results and low pay with drug use among Australian long-distance truck drivers is consistent with other research suggesting that economic factors are an important influence on health and safety in the workplace."
- Another survey of Australian heavy vehicle drivers published in 2014 found:
* "Piece-rate compensation methods were associated with higher levels of fatigue-related driving than non-piece-rate methods. Follow-up analysis also revealed higher caffeine and amphetamines use among piece-rate drivers for the purpose of staying awake while driving"
Conclusions
1 - Michael Quinlan: Director of the Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW Australia
-- A US paper published in 2002 found that driver pay has a strong effect on safety outcomes... Nonetheless, the research findings are clear and consistent... Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, was correct. There is persuasive evidence of a connection between truck driver pay and safety
2 - Studies by Michael H. Belzer: Associate Professor, Economics, Wayne State University
-- My team performed for the US Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Administration in 2002 demonstrated that higher compensation led to significantly safer truck driver performance. For every 10% more in truck driver mileage pay rate, a very large American truckload carrier found that the probability that a driver would have a crash declined 40%... Research shows this effect is true across carriers. A cross-sectional study of 102 non-union truckload motor carriers found that for every 10% increase in truckie compensation, carriers' crash rates were 9.2% lower... In sum, there is ample evidence that supports the relationship between compensation and safety in trucking and across other modes. In my own work, I see it in intercity buses. In others’ work, I see it in airlines and even in rail...
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