The South Australian government has announced new regulations for truck driver training, prompted by a petition from a widow who lost her husband in a trucking accident. The changes include additional training requirements and a ban on recognizing international heavy vehicle driving licenses in the state.
The South Australia n government has announced an overhaul of truck driver training regulations after a grieving widow, who lost her husband in a horror crash, led the charge to improve safety.
Determined to prevent others from experiencing the same pain, she spearheaded a petition that became one of the largest South Australia's Transport Minister has ever tabled in parliament.Delphine Mugridge lost her husband "Slim" in a trucking accident on the Eyre Highway earlier this year. The new laws will introduce extra training for truck drivers, as well as ruling that international heavy vehicle driving licences will no longer be recognised in South Australia.
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