Safer Examples Of Heavy Vehicles
At Bicycle NSW we love learning about people and companies making roads safer. When Crashes Happen Everyone wants to make it home safely, and the press is full of the stories of when things go wrong. Whilst articles and statistics about safety failure can act as a warning, or highlight the need for legislative, vehicle…
What Makes Heavy Vehicles Safer?
Heavy vehicles transport goods, people and equipment, but operating them can present challenges when it comes to road safety. Difficulties For Heavy Vehicles Bicycle NSW recognises the job of heavy vehicle operators is made more difficult by the size and features of their vehicles. Difficulties include: blind-spots that make it impossible for a driver to…
Heavy Vehicles Looking After Their Community
Last week, Bicycle NSW launched our campaign calling for safer heavy vehicle standards as a direct result of the serious injuries and deaths that had occurred to vulnerable road users. We know that truck drivers do not want to harm or kill people, and over the coming weeks we will be highlight companies who have…
Heavy Vehicles
Too many people are dying or being seriously injured in crashes involving heavy vehicles. Heavy vehicles can be made safer for people walking and riding bikes, and you can help make this change. According to the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, 216 Australians died in 2017 from 196 fatal crashes involving heavy vehicles, up from…
Safer Heavy Vehicles For Everyone
Bicycle NSW has launched a campaign calling for improved heavy vehicle safety standards to benefit all vulnerable road users. This follows the deaths of a male rider in Sutton in February, a female rider in March in Newcastle a female rider following a crash in March in Camperdown, and the deaths of a male pedestrian…
Australians Deserve Safer Heavy Vehicles
Too many people are dying or being seriously injured in crashes involving heavy vehicles. Heavy vehicles can be made safer for people walking and riding bikes, and you can help make this change. According to the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, 216 Australians died in 2017 from 196 fatal crashes involving heavy vehicles,…
Vulnerable Road Users and Heavy Vehicles
The NSW building boom has seen the number of heavy vehicles moving through communities increase. Awareness campaigns remind bike riders to take care, but a safe systematic approach is necessary to address the real dangers. On average 58 people are killed per year in heavy truck crashes and 1391 suffer serious injuries. Bicycle NSW supports…
Heavy Vehicle Safety Progress
We are pleased to be able to share the positive progress that is being made on heavy vehicle safety. Heavy Vehicle Safety We have been campaigning hard on heavy vehicle safety issues, highlighting good practice and explaining what needs to change, and in doing so we have sought to get the United Kingdom’s CLOCS standards…
CLOCS for Australia – Heavy Vehicle Standards
Overseas standards for construction and heavy vehicles are safer than Australia, and finally we may see improvements here. What is CLOCS? Bicycle NSW focuses on heavy vehicle safety, because too many riders have been killed in crashes involving heavy vehicles. We have explained the Construction Logistics and Community Safety Scheme (CLOCS) and the higher standards…