You can be an experienced, safety-conscious driver and still make a dangerous mistake when you're tired. Fatigue doesn't discriminate, and one of the biggest challenges is that we aren't always good at recognising when it's affecting us.

As the Australian transport industry works to attract more women into the workforce, fleet safety specialist AutoSense is calling on employers to recognise an often-overlooked contributor to workplace fatigue – menopause.

As more women take the wheel in New Zealand's transport industry, fleet safety specialist AutoSense is calling on employers to recognise an often-overlooked contributor to workplace fatigue - menopause.

A new poll of 725 drivers across Australia and New Zealand has highlighted the range of everyday activities competing for drivers' attention, prompting fleet and driver safety provider AutoSense to urge businesses to take a broader approach to managing distraction risk.

More than nine in 10 New Zealand drivers whose vehicles have touchscreens say they have been distracted while using them, according to a survey, raising questions about whether increasingly screen-heavy vehicle interiors are competing with the road for drivers’ attention.

On Sunday 27 September, New Zealanders will put their clocks forward an hour for daylight saving. We know we'll lose an hour's sleep. What we may be less aware of is what happens on our roads afterwards.

AutoSense has appointed Steve Fielding as Chief Revenue Officer, strengthening its leadership team as the fleet safety provider accelerates its growth across Australia and New Zealand.

AutoSense has appointed Steve Fielding as Chief Revenue Officer, strengthening its leadership team as the fleet safety provider accelerates its growth across Australia and New Zealand.

As Australia continues to strengthen its approach to heavy vehicle safety and fatigue management, our understanding of driver fatigue is evolving too.

A driver's alertness starts unravelling days before they get behind the wheel — and half a billion kilometres of data are showing us why. AutoSense's Charles Dawson on why fatigue management needs to move beyond the rulebook and into the human factors behind it.

By Charles Dawson, CEO, AutoSense Australia For a long time, fleet safety has been built around compliance. Logbooks, policies and procedures all have their place. But they’re designed to show rules are being followed, not whether risk is actually being managed in real time. That gap is becoming harder to ignore. A driver can be fully compliant on paper and still be operating in a state of significant impairment. Poor sleep, disrupted routines, or underlying fatigue can all i

Easter travel, disrupted sleep and shifting daylight hours are set to collide in a perfect storm on New Zealand roads this long weekend - a period already associated with heightened road trauma.

Routine changes, increased traffic and seasonal shifts could impact driver alertness – even before a shift begins. Easter may bring quieter roads for some operators, but fatigue experts are warning it can also introduce less visible and often underestimated risks for fleet safety.

Eighty-two per cent of work-related fatalities in New Zealand’s transport and warehousing sector involve vehicles[1], underscoring what safety leaders describe as one of the under-governed workplace risks. AutoSense CEO Charles Dawson says that while vehicle incidents remain one of the most common causes of workplace death[2] in New Zealand, for many organisations, it is a health and safety blind spot. “Driving is the work activity most likely to result in serious harm[3], ye

AutoSense, a leading New Zealand provider of fleet and driver safety solutions, is strengthening its presence in Australia with the launch of LifeSaver Mobile, a first-of-its-kind app designed to stop distracted driving before it starts.

Mobile-phone distraction remains one of the biggest risks for drivers, with Waka Kotahi data showing that in the past three years, 283 drivers in fatal or injury crashes were distracted by a phone....

As schools return for term one, New Zealand roads are about to re-enter their most dangerous daily window - and it’s not late at night or on long-haul routes.

Greg Murphy still remembers the moment his life changed behind the wheel. Driving late at night, tired, and with alcohol still in his system, on a road he’d driven “heaps of times before,” he lost control of his Datsun 1200 – spinning 180 degrees, sliding down a bank and hitting trees, one of which struck just inches behind the passenger seat.

Building on the success of the Transport Leaders Forum, AutoSense presents the newly named NZ Fleet Forum — returning to Auckland and Christchurch in February 2026 with a powerful agenda that puts driver wellbeing firmly in the spotlight. Hosted by AutoSense and proudly sponsored by NZI, the Fleet Forum equips fleet managers and business leaders with practical tools and insights to support both light- and heavy-vehicle drivers. The focus this year is on the critical link betw

In the Driver’s Seat with Greg Murphy reveals driving confessions Greg ‘Murph’ Murphy is hitting the streets with In the Driver’s Seat, a bold new podcast that’s part carpool confession, part cautionary tale and 100% homegrown. Launching this September and backed by fleet and driver safety leaders AutoSense, the ten-part series invites high-profile New Zealanders to take Murph for a spin in their own cars while opening up about the lives they’ve lived — and the roads they’ve