Truck drivers continue to cop negative attitudes from the media, the community and uneducated motorists
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Join the drivers club
Driver frustration has led to the founding of an alternative to association membership – the ‘Truck That Drivers Club’
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Time to truck righter
The TruckRight Industry Vehicle has, for many years, endeavoured to raise the image of road transport. Now industry assistance is needed to take that next big step. Rod Hannifey writes
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United front: A better solution than blockade
With the recent boom of the ‘Blockade 2018’ Facebook group and an increasingly disenfranchised workforce following Operation Rolling Thunder, talk of blockades offering a solution has spread. Owner//Driver sat down with Truck Right safety advocate Rod Hannifey, who believes he has a better solution that won’t damage the image of the road transport industry.
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Rest stop drought
Road transport is facing enormous change in coming years, except in one important area – insufficient or poorly designed rest stops. Rod Hannifey writes
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Many things changed, many things unchanged
Rod Hannifey reflects on the changing climate of truck media, and what that means for industry.
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How long do we have to wait?
Rod Hannifey highlights a lack of rest areas on the pacific and calls for feedback.
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The ‘Vanner’s ear: Response to rest area sharing
A recent video by Whiteline Television received a huge response from both the trucking community and caravaners alike. Rod Hannifey writes
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WATCH: How to share rest areas, it’s simple
Whiteline Television worked with road transport safety advocate and veteran driver Rod Hannifey to produce a video explaining to caravaners how to share truck parking bays.
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Caution at Moree: Rock throwing return
Back in January we covered a serious rock throwing incident that took place in October 2016, leaving one truck driver with a serious head injury and damage to his Mack from three separate rocks thrown.
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