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    Fatigue mismanagement

    Mar 12, 2020 4 minutes

    O SINGLE OUT one trucking company never seems quite fair, because one cannot ever say with complete certainty that they are the first, and there is no way to know they will be the last. With that being so, it would be sensitive to say that there is a very large and long-established trucking company that has been plying their trade up and down the Pacific Highway and hold the respect of most clear-thinking transport people. But it comes as a great shock to hear they are seeking to have their drivers accredited to take on the unnecessary and quite dangerous can of worms titled Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM).

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