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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.

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The finishing touches are about to be applied as contractors complete repairs on a slow vehicle lane just south of Picton.

Work at the site has been ongoing since the beginning of the year, with the highway being repaired after it was damaged by changes in groundwater flows.

Work crews will be doing four nights of stop/go works between 7 pm and 6 am from Monday, 27 until Thursday, 30 May. They will be milling the road’s surface and preparing it for resurfacing.

Contractors will work mainly within the two no...

Submissions presented at Gisborne District Council's three-year plan hearings saw residents clash with the council over pothole repairs and cycle paths. "It's a balancing Act," said Mayor Rehette Stoltz over the diverging views for Gisborne's recovery.

A “no-frills” budget, a plea to “fix our potholes” and “the Grey St fiasco” were all among submissions made at Gisborne District Council’s Three-Year Plan hearings. Some residents said they object to plans to spend money on new cycle paths and walkways when potholes and ...