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Pushed To The Limit
A Waikato trucking company and 21 of its drivers have been prosecuted for exceeding working hours. The National Distribution Union says this highlights an issue...
Trucks Discharge Criticised
Dirty and dangerous discharges of effluent from stock trucks appear to be on the increase in the Waikato and the Waikato regional council has written to trucking...
Those Stupid Trucks!
9.29 The Southern Motorway, southbound at Penrose is reduced to one lane as engineers inspect damage to the Penrose overbridge. The bridge was struck by an over-height...
Fewer Bridge Strikes
Fewer trucks are striking Auckland motorway bridges. NZTA reports a significant reduction in the number of strikes to bridges and other structures and signs on Auckland’s...
Police Shocked At Speeding Trucks
Waikato police are shocked to find how many big rig trucks are speeding. It has started a blitz on them - and in the first week, 92 heavy motor vehicles have...
Minister Doubts Truckie Safety Issues
Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the issues raised about truckies safety is news to him and he hasn’t seen any widespread evidence of it. He told parliament:...
Govt Rejects Trucking Enquiry
The Government this afternoon turned down the calls for an enquiry into trucking safety. National used its votes to stop plans for an inquiry into the link between...
Big Trucks Stuff Up Bypass Build
Those longer heavier trucks are causing an unexpected headache for NZTA. The roundabout designs in Taupo’s new $97 million bypass will not accommodate the...
Trucking Obsession ‘Backward’
The debate about truckies has prompted the Maritime Union to call for a “balanced transport strategy that sees the bulk of heavy and long distance cargo transported...
Truckies “Forced To Break Law”
Truck drivers are being “forced to break the law to make a living.” The Rail and Maritime Transport Union says that road safety will always be compromised...
Govt To Allow Longer Heavier Trucks (Updated II)
Longer heavier trucks are on the way. The transport minister Steven Joyce has got government backing for a new permit system for trucks allowing heavy (up to 53...
Rail Freight Is The Answer
The absurd decision not to strengthen the Auckland Harbour Bridge to accommodate the bigger haulage trucks soon being allowed on roads by the government is another...
Govt Approval Of Heavier Trucks Beggars Belief
There’s something scary that the same weekend that President Obama’s American Clean Energy and Security Act, which mandates reductions in carbon dioxide...
