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Caravan club woos truckies
Caravan club gets in bed with trucking body to develop road sharing policyThe Australian Caravan Club (ACC) has announced plans to develop a ‘Sharing the Road’ Code of Conduct in conjunction with trucking body, the National Road Transport Association (NatRoad).
ACC Chairman Craig Humphrey, who recently criticised a truckie for calling caravanners “mean-spirited selfish-entitled morons with no regard for anyone but themselves”, said that NatRoad CEO Warren Clark and director Maggie Welsh were recent guest speakers at the Club’s 11th Annual National Muster at Bingara in NSW.
“The ACC has already commenced discussions with NatRoad with a view to developing a ‘Sharing the Road’ Code of Conduct for RVers and truckies to follow,” Humphrey said.
“Truckies and RVers have a lot in common. We all want to travel safely on the road.
“This starts with both truckies and RVers having respect for each other on the road, and understanding each other’s needs. At this early stage, the ACC is still pursuing our members’ specific requirements.”
Humphreys said that if truckies and caravanners don’t work together then both groups could face more restrictive regulations.
“I know that RVers don’t want to have to have a special RV licence, and I’m sure that truckies don’t want further regulations imposed on an already heavily regulated industry,” he said.
Some of the antagonism between truckies and ‘vanners could be solved with more roadside rest areas, or enlargement of existing rest areas along major highways.
“Truckies complain about RVers using truck allocated space in rest areas and travelling too slow on the road. RVers complain that there is not enough RV allocated space in rest areas for RVs, and of truckies tailgating them,” he said.
Humphreys said while RV travellers need to understand that truckies are on a “strict schedule… with regulated rest and sleep breaks… Truckies also need to understand that travelling RVers do get fatigued and need to rest or sleep.”
“Each need to be better educated about how to interact with each other on the road."
He said the 4500-strong ACC is looking forward to working with NatRoad and he is optimistic that a Code of Conduct can be developed.
“Together we will be a major force to lobby for bigger and better rest areas and other ways to improve the safety and experience of both truckies and RVers on the road."
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