I come to you this month with a cautionary tale about the importance of dotting your ‘i’s’ and crossing your ‘t’s’ when it comes to the Heavy Vehicle Work Diary.
There is currently a sting
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Highway Advocates weigh up EWD
Do traditional logbooks still cut the mustard?
For years, traditional logbooks have been a fixture in the transport industry. Many of us can recall the square logbooks that often went half-filled or not
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Another truck driver fined over innocent clerical error
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A trivial error, but "here is a $354 fine to help you remember."
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Danger in dispensing with your work diary
OPINION: Losing the logbook is a step in the wrong direction, placing more pressure on owner-drivers
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OPINION: Disgraceful cash grab
Being forced to contest an inflated fine over a trivial offence is a waste of time for everyone involved
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Caught out on kilometre count
LEGAL OPINION: Jumping from local work to long distance can be a minefield as far as your logbook is concerned
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Fined for the sake of it
OPINION: It’s time for the NHVR to take the power away from police officers hell bent on hammering the industry
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Work hours not confined to driving
LEGAL OPINION: What counts as work time? Is it more than just the hours spent driving the vehicle?
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Its Your Right: “Every truckie should challenge their fines”
Last week’s story about a truckie fined $1,500 and four demerit points for avoiding a car, sparked online debate…here we catch up with the driver
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Regulator extends primary producer work diary exemption
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has made the call to extend the 160km work diary exemption for primary producers.
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