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Past Issues

April 2005

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FATIGUE... A professional driver has to be alert behind the wheel at all times. Unexpected events on the road, like a pedestrian crossing the road without looking out for traffic or a vehicle slamming on brakes right in front of you without any warning, needs quick thinking and fast action - something you cannot do when you are tired!

Cover Story

24-hours on The Hill ... It is one of the most picturesque and beautiful spots in the country but don't be misled by its gentle beauty. It can turn on you with the viciousness of a heartless attacker and destroy you. It's the Van Reenen's Pass on the N3. Patrick O'Leary spent time with the men and women who ensure that when the beauty turns into danger, you will get a helping hand.

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Flagship dealership opens... A R55-million Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealership has risen from a patch of desolate veld. It looks great but there are problems ahead writes Patrick O'Leary.

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Training in action... The title of the training manual says it all: "Looking to the future". That's exactly what Nissan Diesel SA is doing via the opening its new R1,5-million training facility in Rosslyn, Pretoria. Patrick O'Leary was there and came away most impressed.

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Ag shame ACSA... Every vehicle operating in South Africa must comply with the laws as stipulated in the Road Traffic Act. It seems, however, that this simple truth has escaped the Airports Company of South Africa. FleetWatch correspondent Dave Scott highlights that ACSA needs to come up to scratch.

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Leaping Back In... The launch of the new Quantum range of LCVs looks set to put Toyota back at the upper rungs of the panel van ladder writes Paul Collings.

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Driver's Perspective

Getting into the driver's shoes... Bert Koning, a professional truck driver who won the 2004 Artic Driver of the Year competition, will be acting as FleetWatch's on-the-road correspondent giving us the opinions and views of the truck drivers out on the road. In this, his first article, he asks you to place yourselves in the shoes of a truck driver.

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Truck Operating Costs... Our quarterly update on market related operating and owning cost estimates compiled by Max Braun for a variety of popular transport operations.

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WorldWatch... Our regular series in which Frank Beeton keeps readers up to date with what is happening on the world's trucking stage

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A-Z of ROAD TRANSPORT All Your Questions Answered in One Book It's all inside...

You and Your Driver FleetWatch has always held the view that the driver holds the key to a trucking company's success. more...

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