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Load Restraint Knowledge in Spotlight

Parkes Shire Local farmers, contract harvesters, couriers and transport operators are being encouraged to test their knowledge in a newly released online load restraint quiz for a chance to win $500 worth of load restraint equipment. The quiz is the first strategy of Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils’ Load Restraint Education Project which was launched at a property on the outskirts of Forbes last week by Deputy Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack. The project has been funded through the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s 2020 Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative, which is supported by the Federal Government.

Project ensures safer loads on regional roads

Parkes Shire 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 welcomed the project initiated by Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils and funded under the Federal Government’s Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative. “This is an important project following several local incidents and an increase in the volume of heavy vehicle traffic in the region,” Mr McCormack said. “It will help educate transport operators, along with the farms and businesses they serve, in safe load restraint.

Jerry drove trucks for 60 years, now it s catching up with him

Jerry drove trucks for 60 years, now it’s catching up with him Save Normal text size Advertisement “In transport, you can have a thousand near misses, and I’ve probably had that many,” says Jerry Brown-Sarre. “But you don’t get second chances, if it goes wrong, you’re dead.” Though he never had a calamitous smash in his 61 years as a transport driver Mr Brown-Sarre, 78, lives with the marks of his long career behind the wheel of big trucks, including a bad hip that forced him into retirement, one of many ailments a new study has found are typical of the industry.

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