Thread: Police target truckies in Australia wide blitz

only a few truckies....

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TRUCKS registered in South Australia will face stringent, regular checks after “alarming” safety failures were found in hundreds of vehicles, the State Government has announced.


More than 500 of the 900 big rigs inspected during a trial scheme were unroadworthy, including more than 100 with faulty brakes.

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WHAT THE TRIAL SAFETY SCHEME FOUND
900 trucks inspected.


A failure rate of 58 per cent (522 trucks).


151 had faulty lights or reflectors.


Just more than 100 of trucks had issues with brakes.

dont care about lights, small issue. 10% having issues with brakes is a huge problem.

How many were simply out of adjustment? Wonder how many had "self-adjusting" slack adjusters fitted? Also, how many of the drivers had any idea how to adjust brakes. They don't cover that in the 2-day "training" courses a lot of drivers did to get their licence.