In partnership with the Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC), the Queensland Trucking Association Ltd (QTA) with the strong support of QTA Member Wickham Freightlines, put the striking ‘one barramundi, two barramundi, three barramundi’ b-double combination on the road last year.
Supporting MAIC’s safety campaign to increase public awareness of the dangers of tail gaiting, this striking trailer set was put on the road as a travelling billboard. Promoting safe travelling distances to motorists, counting out these three barramundis’ equates to about 3 seconds.
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Article from Trailer Magazine 22/3/24
Wickham Freight Lines is advocating for better on-road practices around heavy vehicles by promoting simple safety measures that drivers can follow.
For Wickham Freight Lines, safety is at the forefront of its operations.
Wickham Freight Lines Training Manager, Adam Young, told Trailer it is the company’s number one priority.
“It’s built into our visions and values, and it is promoted to all the staff that work here,” he said.
“We try and make sure that when employees start, no matter what their background is, they have an understanding of safety and the laws in the industry.”
Based in Warwick, Queensland, Wickham’s maintains a fleet of around 530 trailers which feature a plethora of safety features including digital weight scales, Electronic Braking Systems (EBS), standard guide lights, reflectors, satellite tracking devices and reverse sensing lights.
The fleet is primarily made up of refrigerated singles, B-doubles and pocket road trains which travel up and down the Pacific Highway between Brisbane and Sydney, and along the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne.
In hopes of reducing accidents and creating safer roads for everyone, Wickham Freight Lines displays several safety messages on its trailers throughout these corridors.
Its main tip encourages drivers to keep a three-second gap when driving behind trucks by counting, ‘One barramundi, two barramundi, three barramundi.’
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