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This year’s Road Safety Week (20-26 May) is all about being a road safety hero, recognising those who help make our roads safer and supporting people after a crash. Road Safety Week reminds us to foster a culture of safety, which starts with driver education.

Ensuring that employees drive safely can be a challenge. One effective way to encourage safe driving is by implementing a strong fleet driver safety programme. This kind of programme helps measure risk and communicates safe driving principles to drivers.

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Following on from the initial launch in May, RIZON, the newest brand of Daimler Truck AG has achieved full homologation in the United States, clearing the way for the sale of their electric trucks nationwide.  

RIZON recently received both Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certification and dual CARB Executive Orders and is in full compliance with the U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The first deliveries of vehicles are set to commence in Q4 of 2023 through dealer networks in California. With the v...

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) in Australia has launched a road safety campaign. ‘Don’t #uck With A Truck’– with ‘Don’t Truck It Up’ targeted at learner drivers. The campaign features social media personality Luisa Dal Din, demonstrating a range of safety scenarios including turning, stopping, and overtaking a truck. 

The combination of humour and shock-factor in the campaign is designed to grab the attention of young drivers, to help push the message of road safety and awareness around heavy vehicles...

Euro NCAP has officially announced a major milestone in the development towards a Truck Safe rating scheme. This is in direct response to data showing that while trucks represent only 3% of vehicles on Europe’s roads they are involved in almost 15% of all EU road fatalities. At NCAP24, in front of an audience of international road safety experts and industry, Euro NCAP will showcase what elements the organisation is currently considering as part of a future Truck Safe rating and how it intends to evaluate and benchmark truck...

The Coalition Government will introduce legislation this year that will enable roadside drug testing as part of our commitment to improve road safety and restore law and order, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.

“Alcohol and drugs are the number one contributing factor in fatal road crashes in New Zealand. In 2022, alcohol and drugs were contributors to 200 fatal crashes on our roads. Despite this, only 26 percent of drivers think they are likely to be caught drug driving. 

“The previous government passed...

The June 2024 issue of New Zealand Truck & Driver is on sale this week with our cover story and Giti Tyres Big Test getting behind the wheel of another of Iveco’s new generation models.

A pair of new Iveco T-Way 510 tippers are the latest addition to the KB Contracting & Quarries fleet in Christchurch. The company has a long association with the Iveco brand with the new T-Way duo joining its bonneted PowerStar units on a wide range of jobs around the Garden City.

June’s Teletrac Navman Fleet Fo...