Inadequate Load Restraint

The NHVR recognises that heavy vehicle drivers in Australia may need to use their fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle for personal reasons from time to time as they cannot reasonably access alternative means of transport. Any activity involving a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle is counted as work and limited by the Heavy Vehicle National Law. The NHVR has…

13-04-2022 Two companies have recently been issued with Improvement Notices by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR). An NHVR investigation identified multiple work diary, work hours and fatigue issues, and both companies failed to provide adequate fatigue compliance training and appropriate scheduling for their employees. Under the Improvement Notices, both companies, must take corrective action…

20 Jul 22 myPolice on Jul 11, 2022 @ 3:06pm   A 43-year-old Slacks Creek man has been fined over $4,000 for driving an unsafe vehicle, unsecured load, severely exceeding standard work hours, driving an over-height vehicle, driving an overweight vehicle and failing to produce a work diary. On July 1, officers from the Queensland Police Service’s…