WorkCover NSW (New South Wales, Australia) and the Roads and Traffic Authority recently held a free event at Forbes to raise awareness of driver fatigue in long distance trucking.
Finance Minister Michael Daley and Roads Minister David Borger said the awareness day was a joint initiative between WorkCover and the RTA to highlight the safety obligations among all
parties in the transport supply chain. (WCxKit)
Daley said WorkCover has been working closely with the trucking industry, the Transport Workers Union, the RTA and NSW Police to improve truck driver safety.
This event is part of an advisory campaign designed to support the transport and storage industry to improve the safety of drivers and reduce the number of tragic incidents involving long distance trucks,” Daley said.
This campaign has been designed to optimize safety outcomes across the industry and the NSW Government will continue to be instrumental in raising safety awareness and driving change.
Safety “The WorkCover Bus will be on site with Business Advisory Officers and inspectors on board to provide advice to drivers on good fatigue management practices and how to meet regulatory obligations,” he added.
Borger said the Marulan event is the first of five driver awareness days to be hosted at high-traffic RTA checking stations across the state.
All agencies involved in the regulation of fatigue and investigation of these incidents share the same goal of saving lives and reducing fatigue related incidents on Australian roads.
WorkCover NSW and the RTA will continue to play a lead role by working closely with industry to improve workplace safety for long distance truck drivers,” Borger said. (WCxKit)
This is the fifth in a series of advisory days with more than 2,000 trucks driving through previous events held since June.
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It is really necessary for a truck drivers to take a good amount of rest. Long haul driving is no joke. A small dizziness could result in a lethal accident.