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| Because of the culture of cover up of Tasmanian forest practices, log truck accidents are increasingly rarely reported and statistics are very hard to get hold of. The word "accident" is not used by the industry, code words or numbers are used instead. Log trucks are notorious for tipping over and drivers are pushed to the limit to meet industry demands and oppression. | ||||||||||||
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It was the second accident involving a log truck at Circular Head this week. |
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Greens
Safety Flyer - PDF
Heavy Vehicles & Log Trucks |
Tasmania
doesn't even currently have, a compulsory Log
Book system!!
Hobart Mercury 24dec03 MORE Hobart Mercury 03june04 |
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24
Hour Log & Woodchip Truck Count
294 timber truck movements were counted in the 24 hour period. 23dec03 |
NEWS.COM.AU
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Bryce Courtenay - March 1, 2004 "...I was struck by the large number of logging trucks. No road, major highway or isolated back road was without trucks stacked with freshly cut logs." |
Log
truckies' 100-hour weeks
GLOBAL pressures on the timber industry are forcing log truck drivers to spend up to 100 hours a week behind the wheel. 04feb04 |
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LOG
TRUCK SUBSIDIES
Paid by the taxpayer |
Tasmanian
Greens ....school bus drivers losing mirrors
to sideswipe from trucks and being forced off the road.....
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Tasmanian
Greens 1 March 2004
....Greens Opposition Transport spokesperson Kim Booth described as outrageous and dangerous the working conditions of log-carters around the state which not only place the drivers at risk but also other road users, and said it was highly disturbing to hear that drivers calling for improved work conditions were experiencing intimidation tactics by the industry..... |
Log
truck crash shocker: Dangerous roll-over tendencies exposed but ignored,
says expert
June 17, 2004 LOG trucks are dangerously prone to roll-over accidents but the risk to the motoring public is being ignored, says a Tasmanian engineer. Wolfgang Wissman, ..... He studied the motion characteristics of the five varieties of log truck used on Tasmanian roads for a report commissioned in 2001 by North Forest Products. Mr Wissman described the results as shocking and said the company was set to implement his reforms in a bid to curb its truck roll-over rate. He said the plan was scotched when Gunns Ltd bought North Forest Products later that year. Mr Wissman said his study of single-trailer log trucks, and those with double or triple-trailer configurations, showed they were being loaded to a height that made them unstable when driven in certain road conditions. "It only takes dodgy suspension, a bad road camber, too sharp a bend, or a jerky driver reaction -- there is no safety margin at all," he said......... NEWS.COM.AU... |
Sydney
Morning Herald
13 March 2004 But it was the log trucks that stuck in their holiday memories. ...... "It was more like driving around a giant industrial estate. It was enough to make you cry." ........ Wendy Harmer .... one log truck every four minutes...... They also find it difficult to explain forest practices to visitors: the logging trucks,..... and that drivers can have "uncomfortable experiences" with log trucks on narrow roads. Melbourne Age |
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the USA - Demonstrating the International Problem Fatigue costs about $2.3 billion a year in losses and causes about 410 of the nearly 5,000 deaths from large truck crashes, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which held a press conference yesterday to publicize the new "hours of service" rules...... "Truckers refer to their log books as comic books," |
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