The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has announced a new education campaign to highlight the health and safety risks caused by illegal engine remapping. The NHVR says the campaign will focus on educating the heavy vehicle […]
A new report has found that during COVID Australia’s roads were the safest they’ve been in years, with the number of multi-vehicle crashes involving heavy vehicles down more than 16 per cent. Major truck […]
A new safety campaign has been launched to reduce the number of dangerously loaded trucks operating on regional roads. Deputy Prime Minister, Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development and Member for Riverina, Michael McCormack said he […]
Australia’s largest truck insurer, NTI and industry regulator, the NHVR, have jointly released a report that confirms that operators who effectively maintain their vehicles are less likely to be involved in an incident. For the […]
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has announced it has announced it has welcomed the appointment of well-known trucking safety advocate Rod Hannifey as president of the National Road Freighters Association (NRFA). NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto […]
The NHVR has signalled it is set to look at how fatigue technology can be recognised in regulatory frameworks. The Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s CEO, Sal Petroccitto announced the intentions at the recent Victorian Transport Association […]
The NHVR has announced it has charged a Victorian company with serious safety offences after one of its trucks toppled onto a pedestrian island crossing. The heavy vehicle was loaded with a shipping container carrying […]
The NHVR has announced it has started begun testing a range of tyres used with PBS combinations to verify performance particularly agains the control tyres used to develop the PBS standard. NHVR’s testing program follows […]
The NHVR has approved another two Electronic Work Diaries (EWDs bringing the total number of different systems truck operators can use to four, following the approval in December of the Step Global and Teletrac Navman […]
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) will remove the requirement to include registration numbers from Class 3 Livestock Vehicle permits following a New National Operation Advice (NOA) from the Regulator Assistant Minister for Road Safety and […]
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