At least 125 fatigue sleep events occur daily on NZ roads A national roadshow, hosted by motorsport legend Greg Murphy and neuroscience educator Nathan Wallis, to improve truck driver safety in the transport sector by highlighting the dangers of driver fatigue and distraction on our roads, will visit eight New Zealand cities this year. The #EYESUPNZ workshops are being delivered by vehicle safety and training provider AutoSense, who have analysed the data of 4,600 cameras ins

Nigel Moffiet, Editor - TransportTalk A national roadshow highlighting the dangers of driver fatigue and distraction rates in the road transport industry has kicked off. Hosted by motorsport champion Greg Murphy, neuroscientist Nathan Wallis, and road safety expert Kelly McLuckie, the the Eyes Up NZ workshops are visiting eight New Zealand cities with the goal of improving commercial vehicle driver safety. The first sold-out event took place in Auckland on March 14 with over

Transport is the backbone of the country, and with so much going on there isn’t a lot of time for businesses to share knowledge, successes, stories or just chew the fat. So, the good people at AutoSense created The Depot – a podcast hosted by Greg Murphy, who will talk to key people in transport, find out more about them and delve into some of the current topics. “It’s a great concept”, says Murph. “There is so much happening in transport but not a lot of time for people in t

In a pioneering move, Dynes Transport has implemented driver fatigue cameras across its entire fleet. Dynes also has a dedicated staff resource specifically for managing fatigue, so that we are proactively managing fatigue events. This puts Dynes at the forefront of the industry when it comes to managing driver fatigue. People often think driver fatigue means falling asleep at the wheel. Falling asleep however is an extreme form of fatigue. Why is fatigue a problem for driver

Covid has meant a change of career for many people, but sometimes it’s hard to visualise what it would be like working in a new industry without hands on experience. Driver training and safety solution experts AutoSense, are changing the game for anyone looking at a future in bus driving; their ultra-realistic AutoSense Heavy Vehicle simulator means people can actually feel what it’s like to be out on the road in a vehicle that size. And it’s working. In October, the AutoSens

Autosense NZ offers safety solutions for heavy and light vehicle commercial fleets through online driver training modules, in-cab simulator training and real-time management of fatigue and distraction using Guardian by Seeing Machines technology. AutoSense began distributing Guardian in 2015 and with exclusive distribution rights in New Zealand, Autosense has built up a steady pipeline of clients installing Guardian into their fleets, hitting the 3,000 milestone of Guardian u

Ensuring safety on the road for TIL’s drivers and other road users is a priority for leading New Zealand transport business, TIL Logistics Group (TIL). The company invests significantly in technology and training to support its road safety culture and has recently signed an agreement with driver safety solutions provider, AutoSense. The agreement will see AutoSense providing induction, ongoing online driver training and in-cab simulator training to TIL drivers as well as ins

Greg Murphy – former professional racing car driver and now road safety advocate has partnered with AutoSense in an effort to promote road safety with a particular focus on distraction and fatigue. AutoSense aims to improve safety on New Zealand roads, through driver training programmes and technology to Heavy and Light vehicle commercial fleets. Charles Dawson, AutoSense CEO says “With Murph’s background in professional racing, he’s the perfect person to help promote our r

NZ Trucking | www.nztrucking.co.nz AutoSense is taking their driver training simulator on a road trip around the country, in an effort to provide better training for heavy and light vehicle drivers. The AutoSense Mobile Truck Simulator is the only one of its kind in New Zealand, with training based on the SAFED style and training customised to suit a company’s common driving situations. Driver awareness levels, responses to failures, emergency situations, and fuel efficien

Nigel Moffiet, Trasporttalk.com.au Face tracking software is being deployed in a bid to tackle driver fatigue and distraction in the commercial vehicle industry. Canberra-based technology developer Seeing Machines has created the Guardian driver monitoring system. It has been introduced into 27 New Zealand fleets over the last 18 months and has the backing of insurance provider NZI. ERoad fleet management is also set up to integrate with the software which is distributed in

Trevor Toohill, TruckSure There has been plenty of chatter in the press and on trucking blogs about truck crashes over the past year. I have written extensively about this and included truckies own discussions and thoughts. There is no doubt that there is plenty of awareness out there and it would be fair to say that you all know how to fix the problem – but here’s the thing, the problem is not getting fixed. Still the crashes happen. The subject has been bashed around and

By Warren Dalzell, CFInstD HSWA, PCBU and Primary Duty of Care, Officers and Due Diligence – of course we know this acronym soup! Are we becoming blasé? Do we wish Worksafe would just go away? Fat chance! As directors or senior managers, readers are probably Officers as defined by the Health and Safety at Work Act. Independent directors are probably Officers of several businesses or undertakings concurrently. We Officers have significant obligations requiring continuing due