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Past Issues

August 2005

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PREVENT BACK PAIN WHILE DRIVING!... Professional drivers spend long hours behind the wheel and sitting in the same position for a long time can cause back and neck pain. Here are some simple ways you can care for your back on the road:

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Let's change attitudes... In this, the second article by our truck driver correspondent, Bert Koning urges motorists to change their opinion of truck drivers by giving more consideration to the differences between cars and trucks on the road.

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  New Vehicles  

From Russia with Love... The Russians are here! GAZ SA has launched in SA with a 16-seater GAZelle taxi. With plans afoot to bring in GAZ truck models, FleetWatch asked correspondent Eugene Herbert to get us some background on the marque during a recent visit to Russia.

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Is Big Mack back?... A top level management delegation from Mack USA and Australia visited South Africa to announce Mack's revitalisation in our market under the Volvo Southern Africa umbrella. Will it work this time round?

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Renault relaunches... With its new distributorship agreement with Commercial Vehicle Holdings, Renault Trucks is determined to stamp its mark on the region.

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Sticking to core competency... Matrix Vehicle Tracking is focusing solely on vehicle tracking and recovery. Patrick O'Leary spoke to Stefan Joss, MD of Matrix, to get the rationale for leaving fleet management systems out of the stable.

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Dangerous Goods

Pandora's Box... South Africa has its own set of DG rules and regulations reputed to be among the best in the world. The situation 'on the ground', however, suggests that the DG arena is plagued by a multitude of 'monsters' standing in the way of the industry moving forward. Paul Collings investigates.

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Inside the DG Book... Keith McMurray, a veteran of the DG industry and a DG Legislation Advisor, pinpoints the problem areas around the ongoing transformation of DG Legislat

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DG training is in the Doldrums... At the heart of the dilemma facing DG transporters is the issue of getting accredited driver training. Haztranz Training Centre, a Heidelberg-based DG training operation, now finds itself between a rock and a hard place reports Paul Collings.

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Unrealistic bureaucratic processes... Eddie Crane of EC Logistics is passionate about training people how to safely handle Dangerous Goods and how to comply with the DG laws.

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Frontline dangers... When a DG spill occurs, a very specific procedure should commence which looks pretty straightforward on paper

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Burning Issues... Freightpak is a specialised Dangerous Goods logistics company and a division of JSE-listed Value Logistics.

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Accident Warnings

Insurance implications of poor visibility... Sid Beeton of Dalys & Associates explains the insurance implications for vehicles involved in accidents which occur in poor visibility - particularly in multiple collisions such as reported on page 70.

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Beware the Fog... An accident on the N12 highlights the need for drivers to slow down when they come into foggy or misty conditions writes Paul Collings.

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Beware the Smoke... Gideon Cloete works for the N3 Toll Concession as an incident manager, rushing to scenes of accidents on the toll route. Speaking to FleetWatch, he could not stress highly enough the danger posed to road users by smoke from veld fires burning alongside the roadway.

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Back to basics... The FleetWatch Training and Development Academy officially opened its doors to delegates from the transport industry in July with a two workshops running under the banner of 'A Roadmap to Cost Effective Trucking'. Response from delegates was most favourable.

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Truck Operating Costs... Our quarterly ipdate 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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The Toll Tariffs March 2005  Poster
is available from Fleetwatch

Phone (011) 794 2490
to order your copy

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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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