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Do accidents just happen?
Recent truck accidents – that one might imagine came straight out of a movie – are not acceptable in a professional industry, says VIC OLIVER.
Selecting and employing a new truck or bus driver
Employing and training the right person to drive your vehicles saves time, money and perhaps even your company’s reputation. Here are some points to consider.
What to look for when choosing a new truck
Is fuel consumption or after-sales service the number one factor that buyers of new trucks and buses take into account when choosing a new vehicle?
Looking ahead to 2013
Violent strikes that caught international attention, the increasing use of Transnet’s oil pipeline and the constant threat of rail were among the curveballs thrown at the market in 2012. Despite this, it still ended close to VIC OLIVER’s predictions. How might 2013 fare?
When the going gets tough …
How is the road freight industry going to afford the latest driver wage increases? VIC OLIVER looks at ways drivers and transport managers can reduce operating costs and increase margins to soften the impact.
At last! safer roads in sight
Some of the changes proposed in the 20th Draft Amendment to the National Road Traffic Act Regulations give us reason to feel optimistic, writes VIC OLIVER.
Yellow-lane driving
Pleased about the courteous behaviour shown by many long-distance truck drivers, VIC OLIVER is nonetheless worried about their seeming ignorance of the law when it comes to driving in the yellow lane.
The industry is selling itself short
A worrying trend is surfacing in the local truck and bus industry – and if manufacturers don’t do more to encourage emerging job seekers to take up careers in truck and bus sales, it’s going to create problems.
Protecting our roads
In the last few months, I’ve had the opportunity to travel on many of our national and secondary roads – and have been alarmed to see how many of our secondary roads are in a very poor state due to a lack of maintenance over the last 20 years and the overloading of vehicles.
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- Tough times and tougher markets?
- Durban residents march against truckers
- Truck maintenance contracts gain traction
- Prepare now – fuel price increase will hit hard
- Avoiding premature engine failure
- Let’s take the high road
- Forecasting 2012
- N3 takes its Toll
- What a show!
- Going green: now is the time
- Improving on driver delivery
- No more old boys club
- Costly unnecessary accidents
- Don’t neglect essential checks
- The way to go: auto or manual transmission?
- Truck drivers need to earn their wages!
- Vehicle uptime
- Selecting truck bodies and cranes – a veritable minefield
- Forecasting 2011
- When I’m big I want to be a firewoman!
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