Show Notes
(replay) A new "fit to drive" duty lands on 1 August, and this Truckie Tuesday tackles the question every driver actually wants answered: if you ring your boss and say you're unfit, are you now on the hook for a medical certificate? Luke Bona and Rod Hannifey work through a listener's voicemail on it, then Hughes Law's Belinda Hughes — now a Truckie Tuesday partner — gives the legal verdict, plus her Win of the Week: how a trucking company facing $170,000 in penalties over a trailer that was 6.5cm over length walked away with a $5,000 fine.
Plus: a listener's email on life hauling animal by-products (and how to live with the smell), fuel excise relief set to end on August 3, more overseas drivers getting a faster path to an Australian licence, a driver's eerie run-in with a van that wouldn't stop tailing a B-double on the Pacific Highway, who actually owns a roundabout, and what to expect at this weekend's Casino Truck Show.
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00:00 GME Sponsor Open & Truckie Tuesday 128 Intro 00:53 Checking In With Rod Hannifey From Dubbo 02:10 Voicemail: Robbo's Fit-To-Drive Question 04:34 Listener Mail: James The Bony Collector's Truck-Stop Tip 07:52 News: The Fuel Tax Relief Deadline On August 3 09:37 News: More Overseas Licences Recognised (Light Vehicles Only) 11:39 News: The Sham Contracting And Primary-Producer-Rego Loophole 14:41 News: The Push To Drop The Road User Charge To Zero 16:22 Listener Mail: Swampy's Breakdown And Our Hero Of The Highway 17:22 Rod's Story: A Mystery Van Tails A B-Double On The Pacific Highway 19:18 Who Actually Owns The Roundabout? 20:52 UHF Etiquette And Overseas Drivers Running Without Lights 22:40 GME Sponsor Break 23:32 What To Expect At The Casino Truck Show 25:38 The "Chopper" Read Casino Murder Legend 30:23 The New Heavy Vehicle Law Explained, Starting August 1 33:24 Hughes Law Win Of The Week Begins 34:30 Belinda Hughes Answers Robbo's Fit-To-Drive Question 38:21 Win Of The Week: Fighting A $170,000 Threat Over 6.5cm 44:35 Sign-Off & See You At The Casino Truck Show 46:19 GME Sponsor Close
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