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The BelAZ 75710: World’s Biggest Tonka Toy

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  We’ve done the math, and it weighs about as much as 160 000 Tonka Trucks. That’s big…. Wheely, wheely big. It’s a mining truck of colossal proportions. It’s got 4600 horse power: Four and a half times as many as a Bugatti Veyron. But it’s not for the speed junkies among you: its top […]

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The Future of Trucking: The Daimler Freightliner

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  Here’s a truck so easy to handle it actually drives itself! The Daimler Freightliner Inspiration can make long highway drives easy with its self-driving magic. It can read road markings and even coordinate with other trucks in their convoy all through a combination of radar, wifi, and sensor cameras. But don’t panic: you’re not out of […]

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Christmas Has Come Early at Yugo!

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Santa has started his truck route early this year to beat the traffic… and look what Yugo has for our new students! Book your truck, forklift or bus licence in December and you’ll receive 5% off. Ho Ho Ho Start the New Year with a new career! But get in quick, we book up real fast […]

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Yugo Trainer Bio – Jack Brooks

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  Jack Brooks – Specialist Yugo Trainer Age: 61 Experience in industry: 43  Time at Yugo: 2 years full time 5 years part time Jack was born in Holland and grew up in Adelaide. He entered the Transport Industry in 1972 at age 18 with the Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF), continuing his career with industry giants […]

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New Truck curfews

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Vic Roads have released new guidelines on Truck curfews throughout the state. March 2015 saw a traffic count being carried out to investigate how effective the current truck curfews were that were introduced at the beginning of the year. Research showed that the Moore St and Somerville Rd changes had been successful in reducing truck […]

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Crackdown – Huge Fines for Drink & Drug Drivers

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The Hon Terry Mulder MP Minister for Roads Minister for Public Transport Victorians caught behind the wheel with a cocktail of alcohol and illicit drugs in their systems face hefty fines and other penalties, with legislation creating a new offence for combined drink-drug driving about to be introduced into Parliament. Announcing the penalties for the new […]

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Infrastructure Budget Delivers Massive Funding Boost for Roads

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The Hon Terry Mulder MP Minister for Roads Minister for Public Transport Mega-projects such as the $8-10 billion Western Section of the East West Link and the $850 million Citylink-Tulla Widening Project will transform our freeway network, while the 2014-15 Victorian State Budget will inject a further $1.5 billion into new and improved regional and suburban […]

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