Facing Reality

Facing Reality

In 2014, truck crashes accounted for 23% of the road toll. The good part about this is that: 1. It upholds what we all know: that Johnny Normal car driver is a menace on the road and as a result ¾ of all fatalities are cars and other light vehicles. 2. Truck crashes...

The New Normal?

With all of the new pressure to take responsibility for anything and everything that happens when your name is on the door, how can this be achieved without working more hours in a day? A story: Our last Waikato Transport breakfast happened to be on Back to the Future...

Are log books important?

I’m trying to untangle the fatigue issues which are plaguing our industry. 70 hours a week is an unusually long working week, and 14 hours is certainly a long working day, but what of the laws that are supposed to prevent drivers from nodding off behind the wheel and...